Re: RC: Greyhounds

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/28/00 11:12:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, Tivers@aol.com 
writes:

<<  A greyhound, to me, is a gaunt, 
 sucked up horse, with no belly at all--not necessarily ribs sticking out, 
but 
 no genuine muscle mass--these get severely muscle sore after races 
 (catabolism), recover very slowly, then then incur a varietyof 
 soft-tissue/coallagen fiber injuries, as well as lung bleeding. Not in a 
 chronic diseased state, as Susan described, but definitely compromised, both 
 in performance and recovery. >>

In this neck of the woods, we call those "gutted snowbirds."

Heidi