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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Horace A. Laffaye (March 2011). Polo in the United States: A History. McFarland. pp. 37–38. ISBN 978-0-7864-8007-4 . Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ↑ Steve Bogener (2003). Ditches Across the Desert: Irrigation in the Lower Pecos Valley . Texas Tech University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-89672-509-6 . Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ↑ Horace A. Laffaye (March 2011). Polo in the United States: A History. McFarland. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-7864-8007-4 . Retrieved June 11, 2013.
- ↑ Horace A. Laffaye (March 2011). Polo in the United States: A History. McFarland. p. ix. ISBN 978-0-7864-8007-4 . Retrieved June 11, 2013.