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- ↑ "1877". Preakness.com. Retrieved 2016-07-14.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Calabrese, Joe (2015-05-15). "Preakness Stakes: Winning Horses, Jockeys & Trainers". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
- ↑ "Carroll Yesteryears". The Baltimore Sun . 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2020-04-14.
- ↑ Shrager, Mark (1892-03-12). The Great Sweepstakes of 1877. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 151. ISBN 9781493018895.
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