The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24


mediatcly preceding the above tables 1t Is inter
esting to analysc the record NJ runs In 1895
1t struck one run ~ ur wins one II three wins
and five of two consecutive wins. or u total 81
81 wins al the meeting: III 1897 twhrrc Sleeps
head struck the down gradc) II recorded one run
nf fvc, one NJ four, two Of three and five II two
total - wins. In 1895 twhcn Shcepshrad struck
seven Of twp wins. total 81: in iSsa when Sheer
bend slowly recovered IL druppcd ic one Of five
wins one, 81 four, ono Of three. and Ave If two
he plain To- the mercst tyro in speculative racing
only the first half of this meeting Is here dealt
siN days glance shows that 1t may he calcu.
lated To be low average at opening. as witnessed
by the wins 81 two favorites ON the first days II
1890 . and only one in 1899. this grade bring
maintained each year for the second day Ia rise
on the third 10 10 per cent for the day. this
being maintained throughout the fourth and
MIN days but on the sixth the early thread II
weakness shown in the records Of 1904 and 1899
again appeared running in al'crnn,cs: as for
three and ls09 one win, this order bcing reversed
IN The seventh day e" the twelfth, when
a a WIN y"G on ,se ,. "~S" a, shown By
eight one on the ninth. concluded thu, it's average
percentage must b. made up, and struck four wins
on the tenth and eleventh and three on the twelfth.
ar an average Of 81 per cent Tor the last three
days Eighteen hundred and ninety seven
had run IN alternate from the Start. the daily
cent. ~ the fifth day falling tn normal by well
balanced slternatcs; 1898 fen, fairly consistent
lIpHl udu bIfnlUS IN n mNltllf day ma Nlinufn,
and gentle grade to close, this being the banner
year Of the four, coming TO balance Shrcpshrad :
slump and the daily wins ran ., ,, .. 3. > g.
L. ). g. ., 3. the runs Of ono five and one six nav,
ing forced the pace OH the fourth and nth dnya on
the returning swing Of the Shrcpshcad pcndulunI
Now with ShcepShead rising IN 1899 It is inter
csting To nnd the daily average AT Brighton n,
once respond 10 IL and total daily wins Of |.
?. 4. J. l. !, >. 3. ;, 3. L. s. showing a lower open
ing, a rehcton drop 20 strike the mean average
and then The run of curious "acCidrnAls." there
being only one duplicate and one quatIctte in the
thirteen wins totaled in the latter live days
This IL what drives the uncnculatrg PLAYER
OF favor''cs crazy: he has record II previous
running and after the seventh day with i've favor
ties be says: Time TO play second choices
and does so, becoming more Disguised every
day, eventually, as a rule, coming io the con
cluslon that fayoric harvest has arrived. and
"a strikes IN lust the inevitable reaction sets
In. This being on the fourteenth day un the
second hhlO when one fayOritr won in eleven
consecutive races. as will h. shown IN next week
tables and analysis. IL is also good To rote that
In hong meeting like this. double the length
OF me regular Sles at other tracks. the quarterly
subdivisions work out in exactly the same ratio
as the half divisions containing the same mum
Der OF days each the quarters) and that in each
casr the record Of the SIX racing days tseven days
mystic number in alb appears 10 be the pivoting
point, the conglomrra,e whole Of the double Icing III
meeting dovetailng in with the total preceding
record and pointing the average for the coming
meeting.