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EQUINE VET JACK FOUND DEAD AT 49 IN DAVIS OFFICE.


Dr. Robert Jack, the California Horse Racing horse racing, trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed horses with one of two particular gaits, among saddled Thoroughbreds (or, less frequently, quarterhorses) on a flat track, or among saddled horses over a turf course with  Board's equine medical director, died Tuesday morning after being found unconscious in his office at UC Davis. He was 49.

Paramedics were unable to revive Jack. He was pronounced dead at Davis Sutter Hospital. The CHRB CHRB California Horse Racing Board
CHRB Community Housing Resource Board (Montana)
CHRB Commonwealth Health Research Board
 said the coroner is investigating.

Jack, a native of Canada, was a private veterinarian veterinarian /vet·er·i·nar·i·an/ (vet?er-i-nar´e-an) a person trained and authorized to practice veterinary medicine and surgery; a doctor of veterinary medicine.

vet·er·i·nar·i·an
n.
 at British Columbian racetracks for 20 years and was president of the World Equine Association and the American Association American Association refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:
  • American Association (19th century), active from 1882 to 1891.
  • American Association (20th century), active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997.
 of Equine Practitioners. He served as equine medical director since November 1992 under contracts with the CHRB and UC Davis.

In that role, he advised California racing's governing body on drug-testing, medications, veterinary practices, track safety and animal welfare.
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Title Annotation:Sports
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Article Type:Obituary
Date:Aug 29, 1996
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