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- ↑ "1897 Belmont" (PDF). NYRA Belmont Stakes. 1897-05-29. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
- ↑ "Scherrer May See Belmont". Daily Racing Form at University of Kentucky Archives. 1947-05-31. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
