Following the banking and betting systems are a variety of selection systems. Leek constantly reiterates the importance of patience and discipline, that is not the results for the day that count, but the results for the year. That to be successful, betting must be approached professionally, with capital, strategies, knowledge, and a business plan. Bookmakers and Professional Punters treat racing strictly as a business. They are content to accumulate steady profits year in year out.
Most punters go to the races with no knowledge of racing and no preparation on how to bet.
All they are doing is relying on luck. It is the everyday punter that lets the professionals live in style. O'Day has been given the writer's short story manuscript for assessment and this collection of letters follows the life of the short story as it edited and reedited. The correspondence is one sided, only those letters from O'Day to the Writer and the manuscript in its various incarnations is not presented to the reader. It is a fascinating approach to the teaching of the techniques of writing.