The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
N AT THE RACES.
OF THE BETTING SYSTEMS
IT PARK.
,...,r a, the Vnyorites and Averages" OF 'ho
osd. onered by the
Th,t show . balance on the Hight s'a'-
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nIno nfrTed By INC
r., shaw n balance on the Hisht S'a'-
~. r.- p,,,ers ut tho Grnresend Course
r..u,o ,ouvb Mt what they call mn;hc'
n.t,c. nnn,ied to racing speculation. commonly
troup ma system playing, tho hrst article OF
chi, yoor's series in THE SCN OF May z gives
food for thought. Speaking OF the coming sea-
son at tho great Eastern tracks II was said;
.Thesc oO,,res show that IN tho present season
the system player must make arrangements LOT
an even greater amount OF capital than ever
before. The capital should be ut least doubled,
and the initial bet must DO adhered to without
increase during the entire season." Further on
Il was said. " Last season at Morris Park. 1t will
no rcmembcrcd, was n rcd-hot favorite meeting"
and Il was asked whether so high an average OF
winning fayoritcs could be maintained. Al
though many features OF racing showed i'm
provcmcnt at tho recent meeting, tho winning
f~avorites did not como up TO last years record.
and 1t was not to be expected that they would.
In 1894 the percentage of f~avorites ut this track
was from 81 to 40. closing at tho latter figures:
last year the days ran SO, SO, 80. 81. 90. SO, 81,
90, SO, and so per cent. How could any one OK.
pect a repetition OF these flguresf This year tho
days ran mot u favorite In front the first day,
Q5, %, SO. 40, ~, 45. 46, AZ, and 40 per cent.
Rather a change. this! Morris Park has always
been the eccrentic track of tho circuit; 1t 10 the
only one to start tho season at Double Zero. and
IN 1891. the only day when a favorite did not
win was the closing day Of the season at tho fall
meeting at Morris Park. Thus 1t has now hit
both ends.
There is q very gratifying feature to record in
the great advance OF the prices against the win
ming favoritcs. For several years past the price
has been falling. falling, until last year at this
track tho average reached 8 to 4 on. but at tho
meeting inst closed 1t advanced to 12-1l
.r,;nat Tho al n 10 In chat h,t,ynon N ttoGat
calling for $37 to $50 and one calling for $54 to
$50. or a practical difference Of 81 per cent. In
favor Of the punter. This Is another cause for
congratulntion. Last year there were eight
favorites at prohibitory odds ness than 1-2 on,,
but this year there were only three, namely on
May Is, Chic, at 9-20; May &c, Requital, at
%. and May %. Frohman, at %. Pursuing
this line of examination. 1t Is curious to
note that last year nine first favorites ran sec
ond THE winners averaging so per cent?, and
this year only seven ran second. only three being
at worse odds than IL on. namely. Ogden on
May Is, no place odds; Requital on May &c. no
place odds; Xmas on May %. at 2-5. There
was only one dead heat, that Of Vofley-Sir
Walter on May 20, which put the back
ers OF first favorites into tho hole by the
non-division OF bets through the refusal of the
Oneck Stable to run the race of with Father
Days crack. OF the second favorites IA won
and 20 ran second; OF these only four
we're at less than Ia on las against
eight last year,. namely. on May %
. Lady Mitchell. with four in the race; May 90
Brandywine. with three in the race; May 81
Right OF Way. with three in the race; and May
%, Sue Kittie. with four in the race. This
brings the favorites we'll TO the front, there be
ing no fewer than 20 per cent. within a fraction
OF first and second f~avorites to pass the post If
front: last year the proportion was 81 per cent
Now. IL this fact is considered in connection
with the difference between 3 to 1 on last year
and IL to IL against this year, it looks as il thu
First and Second Favorite system outlined il
these articles last year were making itself
cumming record SO far this season.
The long shots were also fairly well repre-
sented. The record stands: On May g. Gu
Johnny at col and 81. second: Previou US a
oC-l and 81, second; May II, Wolhurst a
SOL and 81. second; May Il, Ameer at s..
and -. sscopt; ! Nay p, IL XII at SOL ~ an
won; May %, Baroness at 3o-l and 1911. sec
ond Mav %, EuPhemin l. at Al and I-e. sec
to 3-5 against them. This shows that after al
years magnifcent record was not lived up to.
Another very satisfactory. item is the grea
each race. There is an increase over last yea
Of SO per cent, the average Of the meeting ii
e esSS f horsss SIX Tho SSF see rS sse Would I'd" n Gu eniS ssTl
have been much greater but for the attack o
influenza which is said to have swept through
several stables. and this is indicated by the fac
that for the first seven days there was an aver
age OF more than nine horses to a race, tn,
highest record being sixty-fye horses in the 81!
races on the second day. This is phenomenal
ing in public favor, and that the horsemen ar
fairly well satisfied with new conditions an,
surroundings.
With these facts prominently brought for
: ward. n comparison OF the charts of 1896 an,
1897 can scarcely fail to be interesting:
NORRIS PARK SPRING MEETING. 1896.