Ten Broeck recognizes the value of Jarret’s skill with horses and deep rapport with Lexington and, in what could be mistaken for generosity but is actually just canny exploitation, elevates him to the status of deputy trainer, a promotion that gives Jarret responsibility without true authority. Kate York met Tilly Wattle when Tilly lost her parents at an early age and she was sent to live with her aunt, a Catholic nun who lived and worked at an all girls school, St. Of course, the abhorrent and absurd truth is that both Lexington and Jarret are considered livestock, resources to be exploited until they die. 'The Secret Chord' is another level of quality though and it's the brilliant testimony of Hale's creativity and evolution as an author. The young man and the horse are sent south, eventually to the massive racing operation of Richard Ten Broeck in Louisiana. Warfield is blackmailed into selling both Lexington and Jarret. It turns out there is a law forbidding Black people from running horses, and so Dr. Once Lexington wins his first race, Harry’s ownership gives covetous White horsemen the necessary leverage to take the animal from him. Elisha Warfield, offers to give the colt Lexington to Harry in lieu of a year’s wages so that Harry, if he makes the horse a success, might earn enough to purchase his son. Jarret is the child of Harry Lewis, a horse trainer who was able to buy his own freedom in antebellum Kentucky.
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