half a million words: “Turnstiles Clicking,”
, early March 1940.
8
Saint Christopher medal: “Kayak Could Have Won,”
, March 3, 1940.
9
history’s largest crowd: “Seabiscuit Great in Victory,”
, March 1940.
10
“I’d seen Johnny’s leg …”: Alexander,
, p. 188.
11
“sidled up to me …”: Ibid., pp. 187–88.
12
“You know the horse …”: “The Biscuit Is Too Tough!”
, March 5, 1940.
13
Howard at the paddock: “The Post Parade,”
, March 5, 1940; Alexander,
, p. 188.
14
Alexander thought of Huck Finn: Ibid.
15
Marcela runs toward wagon: Beckwith,
, p. 61.
16
sprinters hard-pressed to equal time:
(New York: Regal Press, 1938), pp. 196–360 (top sprint race times).
17
crying out a prayer: “I Just Sat and Watched,”
, March 3, 1940, p.3H.
18
, Pop!”: “Sports,”
, n.d.
19
Hernandez’s voice cut over the crowd:
