The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-19
SYSTEMS At GRAvESEND.
TRB ATERAeB OF WHINING FAVOR
lies RISES AGAIN.

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spripH HIsetIuE-AnsIysts 81 the RuanInE
nnd the netunE-naooFas 81 the aystenu-
Tables FER shsopshead neg.
Tho spring meeting at the Gravebend track
was onos looked upon ~ the most certain Of the
bunch for the system players. That was when
II opened the season in the East When the
opening wa, changed to Morris Park the win
ninR favoFite average was smashed to flinders
fer what reason no one knows. For years It ran
steadily about 80 per cent: then. in 1897, it fell
- Al Per cent, and the record Of the fall meet
Ing followed anti. This year the spell was
broken, the old glory has returned TO 1t for high
percentage and the regularity Of winning favor
itoA and one Of the most successful and ~satisfac-
cory meetings for years at any track was that
just closed.
The daily averages Of the winning f~avoritss
At the meeting just closed were 80. o.. 81, 90,
90. 81. b"S<9. ~, al, 40. 40, and 90 per cont,
whio In 097 they woro 90, 90, "a, a., SO. 40.
Al, 20, 20. AZ, 40. and II per cent. The two
bad days usual to this meeting came on juno Q
and June IL. Only one fAvorlte won on each
day, and on the latter day seven favorites went
down In succession. Juno 8 was another one
favorito day. Thus on three days only one ia
Vortte won. on four days two won. on ave days
three won, on two days four won. and on throe
days I'VE won. The meeting closed with
43 winning hrst favorites in IS races. and
SNeAtoo thLb aNOIhko VI hOES thAu w
per cent. no fewer than 20 ran into the place.
end OF this number only IL were at worse odds
than l-2 on. Thore were, however, 10 f~avoritss
ct impossible odds, as RRainst 0 last year, these
being, on May %. Kingdom, 2-o, wont May 80,
Irish Reel, IA. won: juno i, Ben Ronald, Ia,
seconds Juno 2. Mr.. Batter. IA, won; juno 9,
Tillo, $50. second; juno 9, Kingdom. Is, sec
ond; Cloophus, 1-6, won; Juno IL, Jean
Bereaud. lie. won; Juno 16, Formero. 1-6.
1wnn anl LANA "a Drawln,,o O-k Hnnnna ThAra
were only three days when fewer than three
favoritos won. OF the second favoritos 30 won
and rs ran second, only 2 being at less than
Ia for the place, those being on juno 8 In a
field Of three horses, and on juno 10 In a four
h0rso race. Thus tho average OF hrst and second
f~avorites to win was 80 per cent, as against
90 por cent. last year. Outsiders were well to
the fore and very even in their recurrence, one
appearing in the money almost every day, to
the great Joy OF the duSky contingent. On May
80. Bastion. 100 i. was third; june 1. Ocean
ter, 2o-1. was second; juno 2, Tendresse, 40-1,
was second; June 4. Frohsinn, Ao-1, was Sec
ond; June 8. Chemisette, 20-1, was seeUpd;
JLuU z, Whistling Con. 3o-1, was second: juno
9. Sanders, 25-1, won; June ID, Ruskin. SOL,
was second. and juno IA. HAnwell, SOL. won.
Al regards the number Of horses to . race. 1t
10 to DO regretted that the Improvement made
not Continued. In 1897 the average was a triio
more than eight horses to q race. as against
seven for the year OF 1896. This year It has
fallen 0bout IL per cent. to an average Of slight
ly above seven horses to a race. Some days az
ak racee, but on others as few as thirty.four APP
peared TO drag the record down. While the
average price against the first fayorite last year
was 49-31 La against evenB In 1895, this year
IL was only evens. or 49-49. This makes q diff
ference Of noArly $50 in the money won on every
$50 bet made. and It seriously reduced the total
S Ss,t w Issr, The IN r. Sns 'S Eos sRo q doS SSsDsFfH a p wiss
was probably the smaller holdB. .
The kedd gyotem. which was fully explained
in THE SUN OF May /. 1893. was again 6uccess-
full at this meeting. Briefly, this hystem con-
Sists of using both the duplicate dr9t and sec
ond f~avorite1 40 they occur: the duplioa alto first
for she place is employed 70 win the daily rum
favorite wins and then play the hrst ~fevorite In
the succeeding race. not accepting less than
4-5 or even money. II this bet q won, play
ceases for the day. II there i9 not . duplicate
first f~avorite. and z second favorite Wins or
Eet' nls the plss Ss tho, The 1 sSs '' fS ,hd s"v9 1a1e
race st not less than .eyens. II any
cash 10 lost In this operation It II recovered BY
waiting until q favorite loses . race after . win,
and then playing the second ~favorite 70 win the
next race ct not less thap 81, and If that bet
is lost. Plying thG ?. second ,cop ia ssvS Gnee for tie n noAsi
the ~favorite again Wins . rdoe and loses the
next. and so indicates that o second favorite 10
about due to win. This system 10 the invention
OF Q ~well-known horSeman. who uses IL himself
The actual working Of the system. tho beta
made. won and lost, are shown In tho following
The bets for daily cash are marked "s":
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