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1918

44th Kentucky Derby

1918 - Exterminator

Race Summary
Time: :24 1/5, :49 1/5, 1:16 1/5, 1:43 3/5, 2:10 4/5. Track muddy.
Winner: Winner - Ch.g. by *McGee - Fair Empress, by Jim Gore; trained by Henry McDaniel; bred in Kentucky by F.D. Knight.
Mutuel: $2 mutuels paid - Exterminator, $61.20 straight, $23.10 place, $12.40 show; Escoba, $4.90 place, $4.60 show; Viva America, $13.20 show.
Value: $15,000 added. Net to winner $14,700; second $2,500; third $1,000; fourth $275. 70 nominations.

HorseFinishJockeyOwnerBreederTrainer
Exterminator1stWilliam Knapp F. D. KnightHenry McDaniel
Escoba2ndJoe Notter Kenneth Deeds AlexanderJohn S. Ward
Viva America3rdWilliam Warrington George I. StollW. N. Potts
War Cloud4thJohn Loftus J. B. JoelW. B. Jennings
Lucky B.5thJohn McCabe Oswald A. BianchiOswald A. Bianchi
Jas. T. Clark6thJohn Morys R. H. AndersonLouis Tauber
Sewell Combs7thLoyd Gentry Gallaher BrothersJ. C. Gallaher
American Eagle8thEarl Sande Thomas C. McDowellGeorge Denney

Start good and slow. Won handily; second and third driving. EXTERMINATOR moved up fast after going three-quarters and, slipping through on the inner rail, raced into the lead and outstayed ESCOBA. The latter raced forwardly from the start, made a resolute effort in the last eighth, but tired in the last sixteenth. VIVA AMERICA showed the most early speed, but found the distance a trifle too far. *WAR CLOUD met with much interference on the first two turns, but remained close up to the last quarter, where he tired. SEWELL COMBS raced well for three-quarters. JAMES T. CLARK was sharply cut off when he moved up fast at the half mile ground. Scratched - Aurum, Jim Heffering. Overweight - Viva America, 1 pound. (*Foreign Bred)

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