Pohla Smith is a retired reporter, editor and sportswriter whose career included lengthy stints with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and as regional sports editor and national turf writer for United Press International.
A Day at the Track
As a kid, Dave Palone played competitively in typical high school sports. That changed when his dad bought a few horses to race at The Meadows, a harness racetrack located near Washington, Pa., 25 miles from Pittsburgh. He fell in love. “I love horses so much I decided I wanted to do them right,” Palone …