Welcome to Johnny's "I asked myself, ‘Why can’t I do this? It ain’t all that complicated.’ The first order was this young sailor who wanted French toast. I said to myself, ‘I know how to …
The USDA controls the movement of horses through the backstretch stalls at Caliente.
Posted July 23, 1987
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