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Seabiscuit Characters

Seabiscuit Characters. History Through Film Mr. Clark. Charles Howard. Tom Smith. “Red” Pollard. John “Red” Pollard. “Red” Pollard. Depression child Abandoned by family Struggles (homeless, failed jockey, boxer) Travels to Mexico Discovered by Smith Jockey for Seabiscuit.

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Seabiscuit Characters

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  1. SeabiscuitCharacters History Through Film Mr. Clark

  2. Charles Howard Tom Smith “Red” Pollard

  3. John “Red” Pollard

  4. “Red” Pollard • Depression child • Abandoned by family • Struggles (homeless, failed jockey, boxer) • Travels to Mexico • Discovered by Smith • Jockey for Seabiscuit

  5. Charles Howard

  6. Charles Howard • Bike mechanic • Buick salesman (successful) • Loses child and wife (Depression) • Vacations in Mexico • Marries Marcella • Purchases Seabisuit • Assembles “team”

  7. Tom Smith

  8. Tom Smith • Cowboy • Loses frontier • Travels with Wild West show • Rescues injured horse • Hired by Howard as trainer • Trains Seabiscuit • Hires Pollard

  9. Seabiscuit “Red” Pollard Tom Smith

  10. Marcella Howard

  11. Marcella Howard • Young & single • Meets Howard in Mexico • Relationship with Howard • Marries Howard • Introduces him to horses

  12. George Woolf

  13. George Woolf • Most famous and successful jockey in America at this time • Nicknamed the “Iceman” • Wealthy, successful, dresses well • Opposite of Pollard • friends/rivals with Pollard

  14. Tick Tock McLaughlin

  15. Tick Tock McLaughlin • Radio announcer • Announces horse races, primarily on West Coast • Sound effects

  16. Seabiscuit

  17. Seabiscuit • Grandson of Man O’ War (won 20 of 21; one of greatest horses ever) • Son of Hard Tack (talented but mean) • “damaged” and angry • Tossed aside • Purchased by Howard • Inspires average Americans

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