The Cleveland, Ohio Plain Dealer carried in its February 27 edition a collection of book notes about horses written by Suzanne Hively. He has compiled 22 of his more memorable adventures. He takes readers on the horse-show circuit, where there is pressure to excel.
Horses begin dying mysteriously.
Lex Healey begins to piece together the clues and finds himself bonded to the world of horses. The book is one in a series of single-topic paperbacks related to the health and maintenance of horses. Others in the series are Concise Guide to Tendon and Ligament Injuries in the Horse and Concise Guide to Colic in the Horse. The subject was a 2 year old bay thoroughbred filly which had never had a saddle or rider on her back. Roberts said he would gentle start the horse in less than 30 minutes.