The book Seabiscuit: An American Legend, tells the life story of Seabiscuit, one of the most famous race horses in America at his time and existence, along with the background story on Seabiscuit’s trainer who discovered and trained him. Seabiscuit captured the nation's imagination at the height of the Great Depression. A classic underdog, the little horse with a big heart came back from what could have been a career ending injury and won the handicap race Santa Anita in 1940. In an age when horses were becoming less needed for travel and farming due to the popularity of automobiles, Seabiscuit and other equine athletes helped ensure that horse racing remained relevant as a sport.
The book starts by discussing Seabiscuit's owner’s background. Seabiscuit’s owner was Ron Howard, a multimillionaire who moved to California in 1903 with a dream and a pocketful of change. The way he started his career to become a multimillionaire was by opening a bicycle repair store, he then realized that with the new automobile technology he could make faster money by repairing automobiles. He then acquired a Buick franchise that was passed down to him through the business. Not long afterwards, Ron Howard became a very wealthy man.
Ron Howard was a tall sharp dressed man, who everyone saw as very photogenic and such. His son Frankie Howard…show more content… Seabiscuit’s trainer, Tom, had been training Seabiscuit for multiple years now and was proud of the progress that Seabiscuit was showing. No one ever thought that Seabiscuit would ever make it anywhere until he started showing insane amounts of talent during his Handicap races. That was when Seabiscuit really started to get himself noticed. John, Seabiscuit’s jockey, was also brought into the spotlight with Seabiscuit acquiring himself some fame as well. Seabiscuit apparently died due to a heart attack at the age of
