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Howard was dubbed one of the most successful Buick salesmen of all time.

He lost a son to a car accident in 1926 at an early age and later bought the soon-to-be-famous horse Seabiscuit.

According to Laura Hillenbrand's biography of Seabiscuit, Howard's early Buick dealership in San Francisco was given a boost by the hand of fate ; on the day of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, he was one of the few individuals who had operational vehicles in the city, and was thus able to help the rescue effort significantly.