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Chapter Titles
Odds and Ends
Opposites
Sports Vocabulary
100
We're in the 'homestretch'.
What is almost finished?
100
Chapter 2 is entitled "The Lone Plainsman."
Who is Tom Smith?
100
You could wear this Seabiscuit souvenir to the Kentucky Derby.
What is a hat?
100
One loved the limelight (publicity). The other hated it.
Who are Howard and Smith?
100
This is the large oval on which horses (or cars) race.
What is a track?
200
It's a 'long shot'.
What is unlikely (to win)?
200
Chapter 3 is entitled "Mean, Restive, and Ragged".
Who is Seabiscuit?
200
George Woolf had a special saddle made out of this kind of animal hide from Australia.
What is a kangaroo?
200
One was hard to control before a race. The other was calm and relaxed.
Who are Seabiscuit and War Admiral?
200
The adjective is 'equine'.
What is (a) horse?
300
It looked like Pollard was 'washed up'.
What is finished? (career over)
300
Chapter 14 is entitled "The Wise Wee Boys".
Who are reporters?
300
Tommy Luther was banned from racing for this.
What is starting a fund for injured jockeys?
300
One owner was cheerful and open while the other was sour and hard to catch.
Who are Howard and Riddle?
300
This verb means to withdraw from a race.
What is 'scratch'?
400
Woolf's struggles to make weight 'took a toll' on his health.
What is had a negative effect?
400
Chapter 15 is entitled "Fortune's Fool".
Who is Red Pollard?
400
These two grew old together and died within 3 years of each other.
Who are Howard and Seabiscuit?
400
One died young (35) while the other lived to age 71.
Who are Pollard and Woolf?
400
A horse or rider can be 'green'.
What is inexperienced (untrained, unskilled)?
500
The match race 'made the papers'.
What is appeared in the newspapers?
500
Chapter 19 is entitled "The Second Civil War."
What is the match between Seabiscuit and War Admiral?
500
He was called a movie star because he loved posing for pictures.
Who is Seabiscuit?
500
The real one was very fast, but the one in the movie was very slow.
Who was Seabiscuit?
500
This is the prize that is awarded to the winner of a horse race (human or horse).
What is a trophy? What is the purse? What is a blanket of flowers?
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