Spencer J. Drayton knew mighty little about horse racing, but in 14 years with the FBI he had learned how to smell out sharp practices. Last week, after three months of stable sniffing, coolheaded, closemouthed Spencer Drayton made his first big news as chief snoop for the Thoroughbred Racing Associations' 37 race tracks. Case No. 1 was the story of three jockeys who "connived and conspired" to fix a race at Florida's Tropical Park last April 17. One of them, Robert Keane, then doublecrossed the others by riding to win, when he was "supposed" to lose. The Florida Racing Commission promptly...
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