13
Howard betting: “Seabiscuit Threat to Sun Beau’s Record,”
, August 9, 1937.
14
running of ’37 hundred-grander: “The Inside Track,”
, March 1, 1937; “Too Close for Comfort,”
, February 28, 1937.
15
wire … close enough to touch: “Too Close for Comfort,”
, February 28, 1937.
16
“faster, baby, faster …”: Ibid.
17
Howard’s premature celebration: “Sports,”
, August 7, 1937, FD.
18
“Fortune … kissed the wrong horse …”: “There They Go,”
, summer 1937.
19
Red and Harry talk: “The Inside Track,”
, March 1, 1937; “Too Close for Comfort,”
, February 28, 1937.
20
Neither he nor Smith blamed him: “Seabiscuit Totes 120,”
, March 4, 1937; “The Inside Track,”
, August 11, 1937.
CHAPTER 9
1
85 million people a week: William Manchester,
(New York: Bantam Books, 1973), p. 120.
2
Radio history: Dr. Marvin R. Bensman, “Broadcasting History” online article (Memphis: Department of Communications, University of Memphis; accessed September 18, 2000);
www.people.memphis.edu/~mbensman/homes30.dat
.
3
Rural Electrification Administration, begun in 1936: “Rural Electrification Administration,” online article (Kansas: Kansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc.; accessed September 18, 2000);
www.kec.org
