The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-18
1897.

Thirty.one favorites won, or Al per cont Inc
meeting just past. like that of last spring, will
long be remembered for its brilliant racing on
some days. its dazzling. stirring finishes. its
equally marked reversals Of form, especially
early in the meeting, and the rush Of many out
siiers at prices ranging from 12-1 to 10O-1
who just mana ged to lose but gained tho place
money, while other hiRh-bred, splendid perform
crs like The Friar mado tho eyes OF racing men
bulge by their cratic performances. As for the
running, 1t ranged exactly as predicted. Tho
racing began with SO per cent. of the favorites
winning, and then tho percentage fell
away to tho usual Oft day (of which two
were predictcd) on June 30, when q dead heat
turned in ono solitary favorite as u winner in
six races. The percentage having dropped
TO 43 in a steady run of GO. SO, 80. AT. 40.
It began to rise again, ran up to As the
noxt day, and thon continued to fall, and closed
below tho normal. Thirteen favorites ran Soc
ond. and Of these only three wero at worse odds
than 1-2 on, these being Forget, 4-5 to win,
June 20: Harry Reed, 11-2O to win. juno "a.
and Sun Up, 9-10 to win. July 10. The second
favorites managed to win twenty races as
against ten last year. and this brings the per-
centase Of the winning first and second favorites
up to 90, showing that tho players of the
first and second favoritos system explained last
year must have Gone fairly well; sixteen sec
end f~avorites also ran into the place. the only case
Of less than ID for tho place being St Nicho-
las II. in tho three-horse race on Juno 20. This
also is n good showing. Last year at this meet-
ing six horses started at prohibitive odds for the
system player. ranging from Joe Kessler at Is
On 10 tho Belmont stable at 1-25 on. but this
year only one race saw such odds, and that was
tho Flying Dutchman-Rife contest on July z.
last year there wero two dead heats-Suisin-
BurlesQuo and Oracle-Amanda, and this spring
there was the single dead heat between Harry
Rccd.Rubicon, a losing bet for the favorite
hackers. The odds on the winning favorito
show the same Improvement which has been
demonstrated at other meetings this year. and
1895. the record this year was about 81
against. This is q matter. not to be treated
to 500 last year would call tor a ticket for 1918
10 $40 this year, and when this increase is APP
ings it will DO found to amount to quite a sum.
Another very interesting feature Is that last
horses to a race ca w Se't this ye nT' the Sei avo srsRs
was Just seventeen entries to two races. or eight
and a half TO a race. an increase OF about IL per
The long shots did not bring their usual
harvest, not a single ono passing, the post in
By their determined challenges in a number Of
races, notably when Chum. at 1901 and I5-I
Harry fgo REED PeeG' up t to the SeDilS last h half a nao Re on june
30 to drop back TO fourth place ut the wire as
ovorboard. The long shots to get second We're:
June 22, I.audemann at SOL. lO-1; June "a,
Cassette, 2o-1. : June IS. The Swain. 1871,
for those who remembered his race Of a
week earlicrl. and the same day Walter. third;
July z, Boy Orator Ht 1901, 20-1 ran third,
and the same day Manassas at 1OO-l. pol
was second, and July 10. Beaumont at col,
81 ran third, with even money for tho ], O.
in q few books. 1t therefore appears, as before
stated, in these articles. that II Is we'll nigh i'm
possible to francs any system of practical utility
by which long shots can be played with profit.
Year aftcr year are found indirid usls at the
track who profess to win money by these bets,
but the writer has never found one who has
done 30 the season through since the old days at
Monmouth and jerome.
Tho system of playing the Bookmaker's Favor
Ito won at this meeting on n maximum capital
OF $125. juno 1929, and $42O, July 10. In this
system tho horees at 81 and less In the opening
prices arc noted down on a card. and then, as the
horses go the post. the horse marked which is
then at the longest odds is backed for the best
place. TO win. second, or third Mt not less than
even money. The first bot is $40, and then the
bet is to cover and win $40, returning TO tho first
bot of $lO after each win. Tho details are as fol-
I0Va.