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Seabiscuit was among the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker on the planet in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which wrote off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Three guys changed Seabiscuit’s fortunes:Charles Howard was an onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the auto to the western Usa and became an overnight millionaire. When he needed a trainer for his new racehorses, he hired Tom Smith, a mysterious mustang breaker from the Colorado plains.