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High in the Santa Monica Mountains in California, the setting for CANYON VIEW TRAINING RANCH FOR DOGS is so spectacular that people often tell co-owner Randy Neece, "Forget the dog. I want to stay." Truth is, they probably couldn't keep up with the rigorous workouts at this five-acre Topanga Canyon facility, where as many as 25 dogs spend their days wrestling, chasing balls, swimming and doing obedience exercises. Good behavior is expected. Says Neece: "Those who aren't getting formal training learn from watching the others...
...Behind them in goal, freshman Nora Guyer made a number of spectacular stops at key times in the first half to maintain the offensive momentum...
Dumont hit again at 4:30 in the first period in a spectacular individual effort. After running into trouble in the center of the zone, the freshman spun to his right only to meet another Harvard defender. After spinning back to his left, he was sandwiched between two Crimson players. Dumont stepped through the double team with his stick above his head and found open space...
After Hammerberg and Shaner's pair less than three minutes after halftime, Harvard called a timeout and Guyer rediscovered her spectacular form, holding the Tigers scoreless for the next 11 minutes and limiting the damage for the rest of the game...
...ideally suited to the horror-show style of biography Joyce Carol Oates has dubbed "pathography." But though Clarke is frank, you never feel he is piling up sordid details just for fun. He suffers with her every time she repeats the cycle of "a brilliant start, several years of spectacular success--and then disaster" that marked her career from beginning...