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Trudeau in 1952, at the behest of their mutual friend, Gerard Pelletier, in an encounter that set the tone for most of their future dealings. "You speak well," said Trudeau brusquely, "but can you write?" Trudeau then reminded the startled journalist that Lévesque was two years overdue on a promised contribution to Cite Libre...
Even if these scenes didn't wrench us out of the normal world, perhaps, the story would, for it is often as difficult to fathom as the wanton brutality. Robert De Niro and Gerard Depardieu, as landlord and peasant, are bound together, unable to abandon either their friendship or their class positions. The two were boys together: DeNiro always following and admiring the peasant Depardieu; but their friendship was always flawed because, as Depardieu says, "I caught the frogs your family...
...Gerard seems an unlikely candidate for such shenanigans. As a top track veterinarian, he tended thoroughbreds for some of America's best-known owners and trainers. But in recent years, Gerard has augmented his lucrative practice by importing South American horses. He buys cheap and sells high: Lebón was purchased for $1,600 in Uruguay and sold to Jack Morgan, a former assistant of Gerard's, for $10,000. Some racing people became wary of Gerard's activities. Says a trainer at one premier stable: "When I came to work here, my owner told...
...Wagering Board Chief William Barry has widened investigations under way before the scandal broke to include computerized screening of every owner, trainer and jockey-some 36,000 people-licensed to operate at the state's 15 tracks. One goal of the search: to check all links to Gerard, who investigators think may have owned horses racing in the state through front men. Veterinarians licensed to practice at state tracks are barred from such conflict-of-interest ownership...
...Gerard case spotlights a problem that can only be compounded as the number of tracks and official racing days increase. In recent years, New York State has expanded its racing season from 258 days in 1973 to 302 days this year. The demand for horses to fill expanding meetings-and the opportunity for swaps and swindles-grows with each additional racing day, making it difficult for harried stewards and security investigators to keep tabs on all thoroughbreds. The growth of exotic betting devices-super-fectas and the like-with their huge payoffs represents an additional impetus to crooked horsemen. Perhaps...