Instinct and Other SF by George O. Smith, Science Fiction, Adventure, Space Opera 12+

📕 SCINTILLATING STORIES FROM THE SILVER AGE OF SCIENCE FICTIONFrom the author of Venus Equilateral and Highways in Hiding. THE BIG FIXSo what happens in the future when gamblers get an ESP edge? A man named Barcelona tried to find out big time in none other than the Kentucky Derby . . . with racy results. HISTORY REPEATSBuregarde was an intelligent dog working with special galactic terrestrials to clean up the Xanabar, the trading post of the galaxy -- and Xanabar was rotten to its catty core. INSTINCTThe aliens had trapped the Terran astronaut in a metal prison light years from Earth to see how he ticked. But little did they realize that humans could "tock" as well!