Piss and Roan

It’s No Longer in Him
(Props to Craig)

Or
More Accurately, It Was in Him and He Couldn’t Get it Out
Robert Cade is in serious need of electrolyte balancing after his kidneys failed to produce the substance with the color and taste of the product he invented. Former University of Florida Gators coach Dwayne Douglas asked Cade “why don’t football players wee wee after a game?” Cade and colleagues concocted a formula that tasted like toilet bowl cleaner. In honor of the university, he dubbed the beverage Gatorade and there have been scant improvements in the 40 years since. Less successful was a fruity alcoholic drink called Hop’n Gator. And the legend continues.

Hart-a-tack
Bill Hartack, 5-time winner of the Kentucky Derby, has died at the age of 74. Apparently, he was saddled with a bad heart. With his wins aboard Iron Liege in 1957, Venetian Way in 1960, Decidedly in 1962, Northern Dancer in 1964 and Majestic Prince in 1969, he mounted a successful campaign to become the youngest member of the Racing Hall of Fame at 26. His first win was aided significantly when race leader Bill Shoemaker aboard Gallant Man started horsing around and eased up coming down the stretch. Tracking his annual numbers, he led the country in wins from 1955 through 1957 and again in 1960. No one in the GHI had this one, so there’s no jockeying for position in the Dead Pool.