Word: veterinarian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Silvex-or any other defoliant -the real culprit? Globe's veterinarian insists that he has noticed nothing out of the ordinary in local animals. Doctors too are puzzled. Says one: "I keep trying to see the relationship between the spraying and the illnesses, but I have simply not found anything." Says another: "Old troubles have been given new names...
Drugs can only be legally administered by a veterinarian but around the racetrack many drugs are given without the "doctor's orders." Trainers, a paranoid and calculating lot, seek the infinitesimal edge over their neighbor. They suspect their best friend of trying to beat them out of a purse and a winning bet, and as a defense they scheme 24 hours a day to protect themselves against chicanery. For a few of them the best defense is a good offense, and their rule is- if you don't get caught, you didn...