Horse laughs
Vet in the Vale. Vet in the Paddock By David Dawson. W. H. Allen 299 pp. $12.30. David Dawson’s veterinary storie* appeal especially to lovers of horses His simple anecdotes almost all concern horses — usually racmj stock, but he has room for Shetianc ponies and young girls’ ponies too. Ho tales are said to be true: certainly they have an authentic ring, althougl many of the characters who appeal are stock comedy figures — Irish cockney, Welsh, liverish squires, anc slightly tipsy maiden ladies. For thos; who take delight from a horse-doctor ■ case book, this double volume, set ir the rolling English countryside amoni reluctant mares, fiery stallions, an< “certainties” that never sight th< finishing line, will raise many quiei smiles.
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Press, 26 May 1979, Page 17
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