The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-10
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IL Will mus De seen Una tnls has u
erratic meeting in other years. and great care
must be taken with It this year especially.
The safety percentage appears to be 40. In
these tables I is n winning ~favorite, o a
non-winner.
III of the following systems aro outlined on
o FIRST bet of S25, for convenience of calcula-
tfon. but the bet can be reduced to SIS or $40
II desired, or It may be increased. The sys.
tenn player of to-day appears to seek rather a
system which he can play on odd days than
ono which has certain elements OF continuous
play linked with It. TIA Is to say, the aver
ago system player ia n man who goes down to
tho track on a Saturday or a Tuesday or a
treat race day. and wants to have some idea OF
t,w to cover his expenses, and make a bit on
1ust those days, rather than follow n system
which, while q certain winner so far as the
certainty of things terrestrial goes, at times
calls upon tho player to attend tho races on
three or four consecutive days. In 1894 and
1898 THE SUN outlined the more certain
money-makers as business ventures rather
than gambling pure and simple. showing how
. man could make a fair profit on a certain
capital II he followed certain rules; but show
ing at the Same time that there was no for
tune to DO made on q capital of $50, any more
than there would be with the same amount
of capital in a grocery or barber shop. The
systems then outlined are held by the writer
to be as good as, IL not better than. any in ex-
istence. and those now to be outlined do not
In any way detract from tho value of the others,
but simply present the day-by.day t5pe for
which many letters on the subject appear to
point to q demand.
Of playing the first and second favorites In
every race to win. This Is done by taking a
making a certain bet on each horse, so that a
certain sum OF money NAV be won Il either
pa On'; sne s fset pG sSa tn t taRna; thu Is'S s ssstsm Of f 9 9sos.
there were $50 races. in which e7a first favor.
ties and ia second f%avorites. won. making a
total OF about 60 per cent. of winners. That
races could DO played. the system would be
guires that the first favorite shall be at odds Of
favorite shall be Of such odds that a bet esn 'p be-
made which will prove a winner either way.
ghichsyer horse wins; This could not he
oaso in the sixth race Of the first day at Hook.
When the odds were -AiaS. I"i: )" sS anti 20,
90. unless 9 b,t Of s1Go to win 500 were
auiring a chance capital Of more than tho
amount upon which this system Is outlined.
The wisdom of limiting the first bet to about
race. with horses ut ?-1 and 80 was lost. to
be won out with horses at % and 30. The
one idea is to limit the betting to races which
will show for the first race a profit Of about
$50 on an invested capital OF not more than
e75 on the two horses; II this Is lost. play tho
next race to cover. and so continue until n win
IL scored. Then start in to win SEQ again.
The record Of THE system Mt the Brooklyn
spring meeting last year was S306 ahead. can.
ital rcanired $3.50. The proper reserve for
safety with this bet and this system would m.
pear to he $1,000. This system practically
depends on the number Of strairht wins IN
make its profit: that Is to saw. II the first bet is
lost tho following bets are rather to cover rhnt
loss with the minimum risk than to make n
gain right away, RELYING on the high percent-
age OF 90 to bring cutie n number Of frat bet
wins along. AT the BROOKLYN meeting There
appoar TO have been TWENTY-FIVE out of eighty
nve races. n very good average. and there was
only one day when IL was necessary for the
Tn 90 down the next day to cover.
The proper way 10 play this system Ia Ia
keen tab of the results Of previous running
and decide by their nenrncss IN the 90 per
cent. whether to stop Mt the first clear win or
first race. no bet on. third or fourth race.
and losses on. second. ffth. and sixth: this was
to be expected as following four wins and two
races not bet unon In the preceding days
racing. Another illustration IL Ma 10, with
no bet made on the first, second. third, and
races. and losses on the ffth. sixti'
and seventh: hut tho record If tho preCcdin3
day, May %, showed two races with no beis'
Rnd four wins. so that the tab keeper should
have been warned. Here is the tsbulnted
record OF the first six days OF the BROOKLYN
spring meeting, 1898: