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Pete married Dolly Van Stade on April 26, 1949 to at the home of her parents in Old
Westbury, Long Island. Dolly was a grand-daughter of Charles Steele, partner of J. Pierson Morgan. Her father was a noted polo player in the early days of the game on Long Island.
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in 1932 he became the second jockey (after Jockey W. C. ("Bill") Clancy in 1895) ever to ride a flat and steeplechase winner on the same day a feat which he repeated again within two weeks. Initially he rode to victory at
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Bostwick Field on
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