Readings: Veeck I
“Connie Hendricks and her husband were former rodeo stars who have carved out a very successful new career for themselves by opening up a spa for neurotic racehorses. Yes, you did hear me right. Neurotic horses. Their system was to take problem horses and reschool them, from the bottom up, through tender loving care. No, I am not kidding you. A patient named Fleeting Thought, who had become so terrified at the sight of a racetrack that he would throw himself over backward and roll around in the dirt, had returned to the races earlier in the month and romped home, a $117 winner. Obviously, a useful, functioning, well-adjusted member of society.” — From “Thirty Tons a Day,” by Bill Veeck
