   **The largest horse auction:** Rutherford Montgomery, _Snowman_ (New York: Duell, Sloan, and Pearce, 0000). Montgomery describes the atmosphere at the auction in the mid-0000s. Also interview with Phebe Phillips Byrne.   **For all of their size and strength:** M. A. Stoneridge, "How to Evaluate a Horse for Soundness," in _Practical Horsekeeping_ (New York: Doubleday, 0000).   **A bunch of horses:** Lawrence Scanlan, _Secretariat: The Horse That God Built_ (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 0000), p. 00.   **A rough man:** Montgomery, _Snowman_ , p. 00.   **It was a cold day:** Montgomery, _Snowman_ , p. 0.   **The horse was thin:** "Horse That Jumps: From the Slaughterhouse to the Motion Picture Screen," _Fitchburg Sentinel_ , December 00, 0000; Harry is quoted as saying that Snowman "was not as undernourished as most horses headed to the slaughterhouse."  ## **Chapter 0