![]() ![]() ![]() War Admiral was the polar opposite of Seabiscuit, an exquisitely beautiful animal, black and high-strung and extremely fast. Seabiscuit emerged from near obscurity to win a race against the great champion of the day, his archrival War Admiral, the Triple Crown winner of 1937. Seabiscuit was a celebrity of the day who garnered more attention from newspaper columnists in 1938 than did then-President Franklin D. And I would be writing over the top of what I had written on the last line. A lot of times it was a matter of lying on my back in bed with my eyes closed and a pad in front of me just writing. "And reading and writing makes that a lot worse. "The world appears to be pitching up and down and spinning to me, and I feel as if I'm pitching up and down and spinning," Hillenbrand said. The author was so weakened by chronic fatigue syndrome that writing the book was an exhausting ordeal every day. Seabiscuit: An American Legend spent 23 weeks on the best-seller list. Now more than 60 years later, they are heroes again. This motley crew and homely horse became champions of their era. And the owner of the budding champion was once a bicycle repairman, Hillenbrand said. The horse's trainer was a cowboy type who rolled in off the mustang ranges and was virtually mute. Seabiscuit's jockey lived in a horse stall and was, at one time, one of the worst jockeys in his sport. ![]()
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