Lucius Priest Timeline and Summary

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• Lucius works for his grandfather's bank on Saturdays.
• One day in May 1905, Boon Hogganbeck barges in to tell Lucius that his grandfather in St. Louis has passed away. His family will attend the funeral service, leaving behind Lucius and Grandfather's brand new Winton Flyer.
• Boon lays out his ploy to drive Grandfather's car to Memphis, Tennessee.
• Lucius is at first hesitant, but then he agrees to go along.
• Lucius and Boon discover Ned stowed away in the back seat of the car, and they reluctantly agree to take him with them.
• The car gets stuck at Hell Creek, and Lucius has to help to push it out of the mud.
• The guys finally arrive in Memphis, and Lucius is surprised to learn that they will be staying at a boarding house and not at the hotel they usually stay in when they visit Memphis.
• Lucius quickly learns that the boarding house is actually a brothel, and he comes to an understanding of what goes on inside the rooms.
• Lucius's realizations are put on a momentary pause as he and Boon find Ned outside standing next to a horse.
• Lucius helps load the stolen racehorse onto a boxcar headed for the racetracks in Parsham.
• Ned trains Lucius how to ride horses, and on race day, Lucius races Lightning, the stolen racehorse.
• Lucius loses his first race, and the horse is imprisoned, along with Ned and Boon.
• Lucius later learns that the corrupt cop Butch staged the arrest in an attempt to blackmail Miss Corrie into submitting to him.
• Lucius races the freed Lightning to victory, with Grandfather watching him from the sidelines.
• Lucius loses the race that Grandfather has bet on, simply because Ned rigged it in an effort to steal Grandfather's money.
• Lucius rides back to Jefferson, Mississippi with Grandfather, Miss Corrie, and Boon driving the Winton Flyer.