Background
The son of the prominent businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner, Charles S. Howard, Lindsay Howard began riding horses at a young age and by the early 1930s had developed into a top class polo player.
The son of the prominent businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner, Charles S. Howard, Lindsay Howard began riding horses at a young age and by the early 1930s had developed into a top class polo player.
He captained the San Mateo Hurricanes that played in the Pacific Coast Inter-circuit Cup Polo Championship against such teams as the Midwick Country Club, captained by Neil McCarthy. In the latter part of the 1930s. Lindsay became nationally known when he and Bing Crosby bought and raced horses together under the name Binglin Stable. at the same time as his father Charles owned the superstar runner, Seabiscuit.
In 1939 Lindsay took over as trainer of the Binglin racing stable.
The Binglin Stable partnership came to an end in 1953 as a result of a liquidation of assets by Bing Crosby in order to raise the funds necessary to pay the federal and state inheritance taxes on his deceased wife"s estate.