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Samoan healers concoct poultices and infusions from the leaves, bark and roots of local plants, using them for conditions that range from high fever to appendicitis. Among them are root of 'Ago (Curcuma longa) for rashes, leaves of the kuava tree (Psidium guajava) for diarrhea, and the bark of vavae (Ceiba pentandra) for asthma. Virtually all the healers are women who learned their art from their mothers, who in turn learned it from their mothers. Now knowledge of the recipes and their administration, even the location of the plants in the forests, is endangered as more and more daughters forgo...
...nudged the starting tapes. The early favorites included two U.S.-owned colts: Mrs. Ralph Strassburger's white-socked Moutiers (7 to 1) and Mrs. Oliver Iselin's Pardao (10 to 1). Little attention was paid to Pardao's lackluster half brother, a British-trained colt named Psidium. "We're not backing him much. My husband has only a few bob on him," admitted Psidium's owner, Mme. Arpad Plesch. Bookies in London's newly legalized horse parlors thought even less of Psidium's chances. They offered pre-race odds...
...Psidium started dead last. But as the horses pounded through the tight arc of Tattenham Corner and into the stretch, Jockey Roger Poincelet, aboard Psidium, lazily swung his whip. The colt responded with an astonishing burst of speed that carried him into the lead and under the wire two lengths ahead of his closest pursuer...
Victory brought Owner Plesch a $96,734 windfall, second-biggest purse in Derby history. And to lucky U.S. plungers who held Irish Sweepstakes tickets on the winner, Long Shot Psidium brought even more: some $140,000 each...
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