, July 18, 1938, p. 15.
CHAPTER 17
1
Lin-Charles rivalry: Noble Threewit, telephone interview, January 17, 1998.
2
Bing invested $600,000: Giles E. Wright, “30 Years of Surf and Turf,” Blood-Horse, July 23, 1966, p. 1921.
3
Side bet: Michael C. Howard, telephone interview, January 18, 1997.
4
“It’s Biscuit to Win,”
Sun, August 11, 1938, p. 15.
5
“camouflaged as a diesel …”: Ibid.
6
Bing outfits track: “Rumors of Howard, Son Rift,”
, August 12, 1938.
7
scare him to death: Ibid.
8
“What are you doing, Spec?”: “Biscuit Race Riders Get Works,”
, August 13, 1938,
.
9
fouling: “At Last!,”
, August 17, 1938, FD.
10
“the dingbustingest contest …”: “Pilots of Biscuit and Ligaroti Set Down for Rest of Meeting,”
, August 14, 1938, p. 1.
11
Woolf scolds Richardson on yelling during race: “Great Stakes Reinsman Honored Today,” George Woolf Memorial Pamphlet, February 10, 1949, p. 4.
12
newsmen hear Woolf and Richardson arguing: “Stewards Rule Woolf, Richardson off Del Mar,”
, August 13, 1938,
.
13
Marcela … downed several aspirin: untitled article,
, n.d.
14
“I want the newspapers to forget …”: “Riding Orders Poppycock,”
