The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-29
BRIGHTON BEACH BETTING
WHAT THE SYSTEMS CAME TO AT
ms SEASONS MEET.

RartnH
Eavoritr. Duplicate Savorite. and Others
The season at Brighton Beach has como to an
end. and. as far as the average system player is
concerned, q sigh of genuine relief ascends.
Before the season opened II was stated here:
This is a very sporty meeting. and ono which
req uircs tho greatest caro- from almost oil sys-
tenn players. Strange to say. this has been the
case for tho last six years. and any prophecy as
to In and out winning of favorites and total
reversnls Of previous charts has generally
been realized. Possibly with the changes IN Ido
In tho track this uncertainty may be TO some OK
tent eliminated las witness the change In the
percentages at Morris Park since the Withers
milo was in usoI. but 1t is not safe to bank on
what may be, and the wise system player ct
this track will sim ply rest for q while. look out
for s!umps in all ~ stems. and then wait on tho
Tcnction."
Tho wisdom Of this advice was assuredly
shown In the first half OF the meeting, and when
the Hrst half was starting 1t was said:
.Sysrcu players should proceed very care.
fully and play more on percentage than any
thing else. The best way is 20 let tho meeting
severely alone, no matter what the favored
system Is. . Last year this was the most
perplexilx and dim cult meeting OF the summer.
and from the first half 1t bids fair to live up to
Its record"
The advice to let II alone or only play per
centage was practically enforced by the per.
centago odds, which rendered 1t impossible to
make a single bet on the straight frat favorito
at any stage OF the meeting, tho average per
centago being SO. which figure was never APP
preached during the meetin. Second halil, which
ranged from 81 to 40, amt was practically q
CO ur, Of bankruptcy. even at those figures. for
The player Of lrst favorites, except on some very
sound system. and then the winnings were worry
omall. Tho high percentage was duo to the eH-
tr.oriinary run OF favorites the first few
days, whom, on Aug. 10, IL. and IL. no fewer
than twelve favorites won right OF the
reel lmark the limit OF thirteen noted In
the first article OF this series in 1894.
making twcnty.one favorites first and two sec
ond IN twcnty.eiSht races. breaking all records
Oh the turf in this country. The winnings OF these
races waro not 80 very large. by reason OF the ODDS
offered, s-5. 3-5. 90. l-2, 6-5. 10. s-5.
S-5, 10, Ii, Ia, $40. many of The book
makers actually quitting the ring for q few days
utterly disLeartened. while the public, even tho
system players, went around expecting the re-
action. race after race, before 1t actually came.
After this slut the favori;cs won by ones and
ones. md the system players profits were cut
down. and in some cases the capital endangered,
eXcept in the cases of extremely careful players.
There were two walkovcrs Aug. IL. Belmar
and OrtoIand. and a third on Aug. Is. Voter.
Il nC5t lUuli ~ hObll Ia ihttio NO - w.
record for tho meeting. In the eiGhty.three
races. forty first favor!tes won and twelve ran
second, eight being at less than IL on for the
place; in 1896. corresponding days, nine with
worse odds than 10 on ran second. there
being twcnty.one in all to get the place. or tho
second fa~vorites the meeting opened with only
one to win In the first twcnty-four races. a blow
on tho solar plcxus for all those systems which
recover first favorito losses on the second choice
tkA
pyetem); after this thirteen won and twenty
Eve ran second. a very satisfactory average.
especially as odds for tho place were
good, Tho only exceptions to 1-2 on or better
being Aug. II, Belmar; Aug. 10. Paul Kauvar,
and Aug. 81. Decapod. This makes about rs
per cent. of first and second favorites to win.
and until the average odds are looked into this
would appear a gold mine for the players Of
these f~avorites to win a certain sum every race,
as outlined last year in The Sun. There were
no dead heats, rather u remarkable thingi The
percentage of the winning fuvorites varied last
year from 90. 40. So. so. AZ. 4s. 46. 40. AZ. 80.
90, SO, and this year the variations were
10. 20. 80. 81, 20. 65. SO, 55, 81. 81. 81,
30, 40. Was there ever such q record
The unplayablo favorites were Aug. 0.
LA,ouotte, 1--3. won; Aug. IL. L'Alouette.
Ia. won; Aug. l3. Buckwa, Ia. lost: Aug. IA.
Sir vassar. IS, won; Aug. II. Hamburg. 1-6,
won; Aug. 10. Harry Reed, 2-5. won; Aug. 81.
Hamburg. l-6. won; Ben Brush. 2-5. lost;
Decapod, Is. won. Tho long-shot players
usually regard this meeting as their particu-
lar harvest. and tho railbird5' whoop is heard In
the land; this year They were in the money to q
consider able extent, hut there were only one or
two of the old-time wins. and those at compare
lively short odds: Aug. IL, Honey Dew, at 3o-1
straight, was third; Nay Nay. ut 25-1, 81.
wal second; Aug. IL. Squan, at 1901. was
third. producing a motnentary excitement. and
Abundant, getting second at 3o-l. wa dis
qualified; Marsian. at 40-1, was also third,
. great day for the gentlemen Of color;
Aug. Is. Bastion, At 40-l. was third; Aug. II,
Abuse, at 20-1. Al. won; A.kuma, Isl. was
second; Aug. 16, Cromwell. at 20-1, Cd, won;
Aug. IL. Warrenton. at 2O-1, 81. was second
G: Clicquot. at Id. 81. won; Aug. 10, King
81, coming very fast In The stretch, was second;
Thomas Cat, POI, 81. was second. and the next
recsedins every second. Thomas Cat started at
lo-l, l0-i; and won. thus Cling the gap This
{{ssssF5. 'f Poor D gonatRa ns'q IN II is 9ss1 and aaI Il @e8 q; rg
Is CORRECTLY Black Hawk in 1893. Every onc, Of
these ran q good race one day; and with odds
s aaSm S won wit hHof ,S SPee 3 days. p'BtS Black qf Hawk
great win was at l5o-l:, !. few days after
ION. On Aug. Il Sunny Slope closed the record
this year by starting the outsider. in a throo-
sseaa Ben Brush at : on home for he place
The average odds Of this meeting are Al an aver.
age Of 12-l1 against. the odds last year being
ebout ga. thus relroSrading in price, this DO,
ing tho second meeting this year TO show no al,
vance. This was due TO tho smallness, Of the
Fields. owing to tho bad weather during the first
half, TO some extent. but the fact remains that
with the good weather OF tho second hall Of the
meeting there was no Improvement, there being
only seven horses TO a race, exactly the same
average as last year. Taking IL all aroma.
tho anticipatory warning given in these columns
was fully Justified. and, with few exceptions.
= those who let the meeting severely alone are the
best oil to-day.
The system popularly known SIS the Book.
makers FayoIite Is played by going into Inc
ring and taking down OH u card The NHni.s Uf all
-the horses In the opening prices which have
odde Of 81 or less, aud then leaving the ring
until they are at tho post. returning ana play.
Ing the horse at the longest odds lot those on
the card only) for the third, second, or first
place. wherever even money. or better can lie
obtained. Thus. II the horse Is at 81 straight,
R-l for the place, and ID one. two, three, play
1t for the place; II IL was even money for one,
two. three, that would be the bet. Wore norsea
Of equal price are concerned. the one running
same race previously, the lightesy weight. The
frs bet 10 $40, and then recover Losses and win
$40. This system panned out as follows:
Won. Lost