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375:. Forward Pass declared the winner and Dancer's Image moved to last. Fuller contended that he had been punished for his support of civil rights and his decision to donate a winner's purse to the widow of Martin Luther King, whose demonstration against housing discrimination in
448:. In 1978, he closed his Cadillac dealership, citing high overhead at that location. Fuller's automobile dealership continues to be operated within the family. Now dealing in rentals and used vehicles, it has locations in Watertown and
389:, which referred to it as "the year's major sports story." Fuller took legal action and in 1970 a Kentucky Court awarded first-place money to Dancer's Image. That decision was overturned on appeal in April 1972 by the
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Nichols, Joseph C. (March 11, 1962). "Hillsborough, 4-5 Choice, First by Four
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to win the race. Three days later, it was announced that Dancer's Image was disqualified after traces of
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Nichols, Joseph C. (November 26, 1961). "Hillsborough, 6-5, Is 6-Length Victor In
Aqueduct Mud".
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Corcoran, Daniel (February 22, 1978). "The
Economy: Peter Fuller to close Hub Cadillac agency".
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Marquard, Bryan (May 15, 2012). "Peter Fuller, auto dealer, racehorse owner, and boxer; at 89".
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and the former Viola T. Davenport. The elder Fuller made a fortune as an early dealer of
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