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8 Grooms from the Mexican team: Ibid., p. 82.
9 “patterned himself on”: Ibid., p. v.
10 There was a series of articles: Milton Bracker, “Philadelphia Society.”
11 “every decent stable”: Sprague, The National Horse Show, p. 82.
12 A series of photographs: “Attendant Saddling Horse Backstage,” photographs, Life, Nov. 1960.
13 Until the early 1950s: Sprague, National Horse Show, p. 84.
14 the World-Telegran and Sun had run: Willard Mullin cartoon, New York World-Telegram and Sun, Nov. 4, 1958, p. 18.
15 The entrance to the Garden: Sprague, The National Horse Show, p. 87.
16 “melton and mink”: Ibid., p. 87.
17 The first tier of seats: Ibid., p. 88.
18 Families clutching programs: Ibid., p. 89.
19 In addition to the competitions: Ibid., pp. 170–212 and “National Horse Show Begins Run,” Schenectady Gazette, Nov. 4, 1958.
20 With all of the dazzle: “National Horse Show,” Chronicle of the Horse, Nov. 21, 1958.
21 The Cuban team paraded: “Five Cubans Stage Protest of Countrymen in Show,” New York Times, Nov. 5, 1958.
22 Some in the crowd hooted and heckled: “Sidelights of the National,” Chronicle of the Horse, Nov. 21, 1958.
23 “The crowd seemed to have inherited”: Virginia Lucey, “Saddle and Spur,” Hartford Courant, Nov. 16, 1958.
24 They were noisy: Montgomery, Snowman, p. 116.
25 There was an open spot: Sprague, The National Horse Show, p. 98.
26 The ringmaster, Honey Craven: Ibid., p. 94.
27 The trainer Cappy Smith: Ibid., p. 91.
28 Riders looked for opportunities: Ibid., p. 90.
29 The gatekeeper, who worked for Eleo Sears: Ibid., p. 92.
30 One competitor referred: Ibid., p. xvi.
Chapter 20: “Deutschland über Alles”
1 Knowing that, as: Lafrenz, “Horse Show Publicity,” p. 252.
2 If it wasn’t too far: Corry, “Showing Horses on a Shoestring.”
3 Snowman ambled along: Montgomery, Snowman, p. 124.
4 “Keep your clothes nice”: Ibid., p. 124.
5 Alice Higgins of: “Deutschland über Alles.”
6 The nighttime performance: Alice Higgins, “German Cliffhanger,” Sports Illustrated, Nov. 24, 1958.
7 Nobody at the show: Phebe Phillips Byrne interview.
8 When Snowman soared: Higgins, “German Cliffhanger.”
Chapter 21: Famous!
1 The businessman was not only: “Genuine Risk Dies; Filly Won Kentucky Derby,” New York Times, Aug. 18, 2008.
2 “sad-eyed horse”: “Doomed Horse Leaps from Kill Pen to Fame,” Chicago Daily Tribune, Nov. 8, 1958.
3 “Snowman paws the ground”: “Snowman Has Rival.”
4 One was an actor: A. H. Weiler, “Movie to Relate Story of a Horse; Bob Hope May Play Role of Snowman’s Rescuer,” New York Times, Sept. 25, 1961 and “By Way of Report: John Huston’s Full Slate—La John Dolce Vita Is Acquired—Snowman Saga,” New York Times, Jan. 22, 1961.
5 Harry’s mother was suffering: Harriet de Leyer–Strumpf interview.
6 And there were also several pages: “Old Nag’s Long Jump from Plow Horse; Discarded Farm Horse Finds Unexpected Fame,” Life, Nov. 9, 1959, pp. 63–66.
7 “We have no sentimental attachment”: “Jumper Windsor Castle Is Sold in $50,000 Deal,” New York Times, Nov. 6, 1959.
8 Harry was invited: “In the Country,” Chronicle of the Horse, Dec. 1, 1959.
Chapter 22: The Wind of Change
1 Harriet, a daring rider: Harriet de Leyer–Strumpf interview.
2 When a new teenager: Dave Elliot interview.
3 But during a preshow exhibition: “Jumping King Snow Man Is Hurt in Fall,” Chicago Daily Tribune, June 26, 1960.
4 A Reader’s Digest article: Philip B. Kunhardt, “The Farm Horse That Became a Champion,” Animals You Will Never Forget (Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader’s Digest Books, 1969; condensed from Farmer’s Advocate, 1960 and reprinted in Reader’s Digest, Nov. 1960).
5 “This has been a season of plenty”: Alice Higgins, “The Year of the Jumpers: A Spectacular Open Event in New York Tops a Season of Excellent Performances Around the Country by American and Foreign Horses,” Sports Illustrated, Nov. 20, 1961.
6 The exhibition was on: “Snowman Gives Exhibition Today in Horse Show,” Washington Post, Sept. 24, 1960.
7 At home, they had been practicing: