Exterminator: The Legend of 'Old Bones'
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“Who is it laughs at years that flow?
Who is it always gets the dough?
Whose only creed is go and go?
Exterminator.”
The above verse, part of a short poem titled “Old Bones,” was affectionately written by Guy McGee and published in the Daily Racing Form on June 22, 1922. Through the years, relatively few racehorses have inspired people to publish poetry in their honor, but then again, few horses have ever sparked the imagination of racing fans quite like ‘Old Bones,’ the legendary Exterminator.