Seabiscuit: An American Legend

, early March 1940.

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“Oh … that I lived to see this day …”: “Can Challedon or Kayak Whip Him?”

San Francisco Chronicle

, March 3, 1940, FD.

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“you put up a great ride …”: “Seabiscuit Gets Recognition at Last,”

San Francisco Examiner

, February 2, 1944.

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“Little horse, what next?”: Stoneridge,

Great Horses of Our Time

, p. 34.

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worth his weight in gold: “Seabiscuit First Worth Weight in Gold,”

SB

, March 1940.

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“Seabiscuit is Mr. Howard’s horse …”: “Biscuit Trainer Hails,”

San Francisco Examiner

, March 12, 1940.

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Howard calls Smith: “Silent Tom Smith,”

SB

, March 16, 1940.

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gathering at the Derby: Alexander,

A Sound of Horses

, pp. 189–190.

EPILOGUE

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Seabiscuit leaves Santa Anita: “Turf Champion Leaves,”

SB

, April 11, 1940.

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“Seabiscuit … is the greatest horse …”: David Alexander, “New England Racing,”

Blood-Horse

, August 1, 1942, p. 159.

3

George sick, thin: “Turf in Review,”

Morning Telegraph/Daily Racing Form

, January 8, 1949.

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“There was one thing special you can say about George …”: “Tom Smith Reminisces About Woolf, ’Biscuit,”

Daily Racing Form

, February 1953.

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left lucky kangaroo-leather saddle in trunk: Jenifer Van Deinse, e-mail interview, March 27, 2000.

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