The Big Fix

by George O. (George Oliver) Smith · language: en

Vocabulary level: Upper-intermediate · Flesch–Kincaid grade 8 · 469 sentences

Vocabulary level is estimated from word frequency, not an official CEFR classification.

Subjects: Horse racing — Fiction · Psychic ability — Fiction · Science fiction · Short stories

Words worth knowing: aroma · vulnerable · meander · allegation · louse · disincline · manipulate · talented

Illustrated by Bernklau THE BIG FIX BY GEORGE O. SMITH _Anyone who holds that telepathy and psi powers would mean an end to crime quite obviously underestimates the ingenuity of the human race.

Now consider a horserace that_ had to be fixed ... It was April, a couple of weeks before the Derby.

We were playing poker, which is a game of skill that has nothing to do with the velocity of horse meat.

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