“the best horseman …”: Keith Stucki, telephone interview, March 25, 1998.
16
Race against Myrtlewood: Hatton, “This Is a Horse,” pp. 16–32; “Biscuit Trainer Hails,”
, March 12, 1940.
17
“that horse can win the Santa Anita!”: “The Sun,”
Sun, October 30, 1938, p. 1; “Difference of Opinion,”
, February 21, 1940, FD.
18
“more natural inclination to run …”: “Seabiscuit Trainer Says He’s Another Discovery,”
, February 13, 1937.
19
“as gentlemanly a horse …”: “Smith Recalls Stipulation That Could’ve Stopped Seabiscuit Sale,”
, February 13, 1953.
20
“You don’t have to tell good horses …”: Alan Goodrich, “All-Time Greatest Jockey,”
, March 1951, p. 66.
21
Exhibit workout: “Like Mike and Ike,”
, winter 1936–37.
22
Sabueso: “Ligaroti Is Best Pampas Horse,”
, fall 1937.
23
“Did you ever see two stallions fight?”: Beckwith,
, p. 43.
24
“Let’s head for California …”: Ibid., p. 33.
25
Seabiscuit and trains: Ibid., p. 30.
26
“hang on to your hats …”: Ibid., p. 33.
CHAPTER 8
1
put on two hundred pounds: “Seabiscuit’s Odds Cut,”
, February 11, 1937,
.
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