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Characters #1
Characters #2
The 100 Grander
The Match Race
The Epilogue
100
This character is known as 'The Lone Plainsman' and he had a healthy disdain for newspaper reporters.
Who is Tom Smith?
100
He turned a bicycle repair shop into an enormous network of automobile dealerships.
Who is Charles Howard?
100
In Seabiscuit's last race, he won the Santa Anita Handicap in this year.
What is 1940?
100
This was Seabiscuit's east coast rival.
Who was War Admiral?
100

George Woolf died this way.

What was that he fell from his horse in the middle of a race at the Santa Anita racetrack (possible because of side effects of his diabetes)?

200
This horse was nearly identical to Seabiscuit in appearance so Tom Smith used the horse to his advantage.
Who is Grog?
200
This character is the snooty owner of Seabiscuit's east coast rival.
Who is Samual Riddle?
200
This jockey rode Seabiscuit in the 1938 100 Grander because Red Pollard was recovering from an injury (answer needs to include the jockey's nickname).
Who was George "The Ice Man" Woolf?
200

This was the main reason so many attempts to have Seabiscuit run versus his rival ended up in failure.

What is rain/weather/poor track conditions?

200

Red Pollard died this way.

What was that he died in a nursing home in 1981 at the age of 71 years old? (He just died--no cause of death was ever found).

300
This Character learned is jockey skills in the 'bush leagues' of Canada and Montana. He was also a skilled boxer.
Who is Red Pollard?
300
She is the author of the book Seabiscuit: An American Legion
Who is Laura Hillenbrand?
300
After being fouled by Count Atlas in the 1938 100 Grander, Seabiscuit lost to this horse in another photo finish.
Who was Stagehand?
300

These two things made the start of the match race between the two horses unique.

What are a 'walk up start' and a 'bell start'?

300

Tom Smith died this way.

What was that he had a stroke and was sent to live out his final days in a sanitorium where he died in 1957 at the age of 78? (nearly nobody came to his funeral).

400

She nursed Pollard back to health after one of his many crashes, and eventually became his wife.

Who was Agnes?

400
This character is Charles Howard's 2nd wife. She helped him emerge from his depression after the death of Howard's son.
Who is Marcella Howard?
400
This injury stopped Seabiscuit from running the 1939 Santa Anita Handicap, and allowed Kayak to breeze to the win.
What was an injured suspensory ligament?
400

Seabiscuit won the match race by this many lengths.

What is four lengths?

400

Charles Howard died this way.

What was that he suffered from heart failure? (he died of a heart attack in June of 1950).

500
This jockey and George Woolf fouled each other multiple times during the match race between Seabiscuit and Ligaroti.
Who is Spec Richardson?
500
This jockey rode Seabiscuit's east coast rival to defeat in the big match race.
Who is Charley Kursinger?
500
In a photo finish, Seabiscuit lost to this horse by a nose in the 1937 Santa Anita Handicap.
Who was Rosemont?
500
This is the race track where the match race took place.
What is Pimlico Race Track?
500

Seabiscuit died this way.

Seabiscuit retired and lived on the Howard Ranch, Ridgewood, until one day in May of 1947 the horse died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 14.