, November 2, 1938.
36
Pollard after race: “The Post Parade,”
, November 3, 1938; “He’s the Best Horse,”
, November 2, 1938; “Rider’s Views,”
, November 1938.
37
morning after: “War Admiral’s Trainer Balks,”
, November 1938.
38
$1,500: “Woolf Shares Purse,”
, November 1938.
CHAPTER 20
1
Red rebreaks leg; George visits: “There They Go,”
, December 1938.
2
Babcock fixes leg: Edith Wilde, telephone interview, February 2, 1998; “Howard May Retire Seabiscuit,”
, March 4, 1940, p. A16.
3
ice in Maryland: “Biscuit, Work Balked by Weather, to Quit Pimlico,”
, December 1, 1938.
4
crowds form in Columbia: “Seabiscuit Will Race at Santa Anita,”
, n.d.
5
“All four of his legs are broken …”: “Seabiscuit Here in Fine Condition,”
, January 2, 1939, p. A10.
6
“dumb farmer of a reporter …”: “Smith Denies Biscuit Not in Good Shape,”
, December 25, 1938.
7
“One hundred thirty-four is a lot of weight …”: “Seabiscuit Will Race at Santa Anita,”
, n.d.
8
horse had drawn more newspaper coverage: “Looking ’Em Over,”