“Seabiscuit’s like a hunk of steel …”: “Starting Gate for Match Never Built,”
, May 1938.
15
“you could kill him before he’d quit”: Alan Goodrich, “All-Time Greatest Jockey,”
, March 1951, p. 66.
16
Smith and homemade bell: “Smith Recalls Stipulation That Could’ve Stopped Seabiscuit Sale,”
, February 13, 1953; “Tom Smith Reminisces About Woolf, ’Biscuit,”
, February 1953; Bill Buck, telephone interview, January 28, 1998.
17
Grog in Seabiscuit’s stall: “Smithiana,”
, February 23, 1957.
18
“a civil war between the War Admiral Americans and the Seabiscuit Americans …”: “No Matter Who Wins,”
, November 1, 1938, p. 1H.
19
Kurtsinger’s wife: “Seabiscuit Shows Speed in Workout,”
, October 27, 1938.
20
…”: “Passing By,”
, November 1938.
21
“bull’s wool” socks: Edith Wilde, telephone interview, February 2, 1998.
22
“Even George isn’t bad enough …”: The Post Parade,”
, October 11, 1938.
23
“I still could have ridden the Biscuit …”: Ibid.
24
Seabiscuit … to win by four: “The Post Parade,”
, November 3, 1938.
25
Howard barn on strategy: “The Post Parade,”
, October 30, 1938; “Blue Bloods of the Turf,”
, October 28, 1938, p. 30; Alexander,
