Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-314) and index. Uncle Henry -- "One of those larger-than-life figures" -- All-American thoroughbred -- The 1918 Kentucky Derby -- "One of the greatest three-year-olds of the season" -- Remarkable gameness -- "The color of the 1920s" -- Iron horse -- Paper record -- "I could stand against the world" -- "A finer, truer horse never lived."
Summary:
A story from the golden age of racing, with all its ups and downs, the ever-involving interplay of hourses and people, and the beauty, grace, fear, and hope that are a daily part of life at the track. The staggering success of Exterminator would dramatically change the the world of horse racing. he challenged the notion that American hourses would never live u to Europe's meticulously charted bloodlines and became a patriotic icon of the country after WWI.
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