Modern Living: Mock Thoroughbreds

Cannabis is leading by a head as the racers approach the finish line. Backers of Gourmet Belch in the crowd of 450 spectators ringing the course have not lost hope, however, because their favorite is making a determined run at the leader. Suddenly Gourmet Belch stops dead in its tracks and Cannabis veers off unexplainably. From back in the pack Motown Missile, pride of the Israeli Rocket Racing Stables, surges down the stretch, takes the lead, and sprints home the winner—by a beak.

The sport of kings this is not. Instead of the turf at...

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