Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-10-28

a blessing 10 disguise. as I shall explain
later on. To the natural order Of tlipgS
favorites must lose 10 large percentage
OF races. Records show that iayOriteS
win on average about ~ per cent Of the
total races run. Ny account makes this
wears average about "A per cent Many
Drohibitive favOrites-in my case these
were horses under 1 TO 2-won their
races. on the other hand mum
her Of horses under this mark lost
their races. Sir Walter, Dobbins, Ban
Duet, Flirt, Gutta Percha, Patrician,
Sirocco, HaltOu, Beasney, Arab, Man
chester and some others, including
Logan. who was ruled of thereby, have
All been defeated when under the 20 2
mark. About fifty tavOrites under the
marx have won. These are good
enough wages for plungers, but they
are OF no use ln the system, because the
cancellation Of two figures with light
win will often take all the profit ont Of
q series and give you lot OF work for
no reason 90 speak Of
AT the early Jerome meetings the
fav0ritss' prices when ABOVE the / 90 .
mark averaged so low that a series
which ran along for twenty-three races
won out 81 clear. At the last Jerome
meeting, in fOrty-eight races, fourteen
OF which were prOhibitive, a series won
but S23.
THE fall meetings reduced q good
average made 10 the spring. AT the end
OF the first Gravesend meeting the
average, clear Of expenses, was about
S21 per day AT the end Of the Morris
Park spring meeting the average was
S24 per day. When the trst SheeDshead
Bay meeting ended there was an aver
age profit of $50 per day for fOrty-siI
days work. This was pretty fair for q
$50 start which won q good working
capital on the first day.
Now as 20 false fayOriteS being a
blessing 60 disguise. You will often be
we'll on toward the end OF series, with
one Of these calling for a fair sized bet.
Following this race is one or TWO races
In which the favOriteS are bound 20 De
at q good price. III you win your com
ing bet 10 may cancel a series and com
pei you 20 put S. on a horse, which you
would rather trust with large bet, be-
cause OF tue large return u he wins.
Here is a temptation to pass over the
false favorite and hold your bet for the
next race. To do this is % perhaps
demOralize vOur whole scheme.
There are two things a system play
or must never DO. Que is 20 fail 10 put
down his bet no matter what his Opln-
ion OF the favorite's chances, and the
other IS never 20 divert a bet from the
favorite 20 some horse which seems TO
have a better chance. Such things will
change the course Of q system, make
series end az q point which is perhaps
not desirable, and IA the end result in
reduced average.
on OLD BRIGHTON's TRACK.
after the Sheepsbead meeting the
system had 70 be worked either at
Brighton or SaratoEs. The latter was
out OF the question with me, and old
Brighton aud its boOEmakers had a
chance az the money won az the other
tracks TO now amounted 20 Sl,565. i
hadn't been taking my expenses out Of
the capital, out had just drawn enough
Of it each day 10 cover all possible needs
Al Brighton, as az Sheepshead, they
gave jumping races, To prove that am
sane, / may as well say here that these
races have never been put in the sys-
TEN at either track. They figure as no
race TO my tables. Now at Old Brighton
IN previous years fayorites have en-
ioyed as good a winning average
as az most tracks 10 the East.
This year for few days it
was different The system, which had
never been 60 difficulties 90 any Of the
previous by disappointment Many a
man who is so circum5tanced that mod
crate losses will not ia any way
incommode him figures 20 win
races TO satisfy his pride 10 what he
considers bis good judgment. Yet
there Is no sport Ia which judgment
without uD-to-Jhe-minute knowledge
cuts so small figure. Your inyinclb,e
horse or to-day Is vulnerable the next
day. He has beaten Jacks horse aud
given him five pounds weight. On their
next meeting Jacks horse gives the
weight and beating, and people cannot
reconcile the two performances. It is
this sort Of thing that makes the bet
ting man gray at an early age,
Nowhere on earth can you find 80
many gray haired young men as on the
race track If you know 0y sight any
large number OF young regular 6ettors,
Just look at their heads. We hear,
every few days during tbs season,
Of the success Of the talent
when four favOrtes win out of O
possible six. Yet 10 mos, OF the purse
races where there are several horses
below the 20 / mark you will find that
OF any given six member OF the 'regu-
lar band called the Talent' there may
be, and generally will'be, not more than
two backing the actual favor,te in the
race. 10 is the same 10 stake races
where the fields are large and evenly
balanced.
INFLUENCE OF THE N'PLUNGER. "
"N1w, 20 a man who, though a regu-
lar attendant, is nOt,<stTictiy speaking,
o. this band Of regulars these differ
euces OK opinion are noticeable. His
Judgment, laid in as a sort Of stock be-
trade, 90 90 hand ia hand with his
money, is apt 70 he just a little biased
By the big bettor who is putting on
plunge on eZ-meetings, got bad
scare inside of q week. The first day &c
won $50, making the grand total Sl,59t
In nineteen races thereafter series
had rot closed, but 10 was S22o lost
against $3.50 NON, with the next BET SEQ
The table twll show the danger it
was in, aud s54 danger that is apt 90
msuauce a 5ysAam 40 any meeting. As
q number q tLe lighter figures had been
cancelled. the bets were soon 20 get
large. as it turned our. The smaller
figures Of pc series had been can
cel.ed, with one exception. This was
$50, which esut appear on the table,
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