Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Break out the Maalox.
Hide any sharp objects.
Mark Cusano just wants to remember how to get home, he’ll say.
If you’re at Saratoga Race Course when the 2008 season opens on Wednesday, take a look at the white platform on the roof just above the press box. You might spot Cusano and a sprinkling of other handicappers scoping a race....
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