The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25
BETS ON JOCKEYS UNSAFE.
sUMMdRF or RESULTS FOR EASTERN
TRACKS LAST YEAR.
Problem Of the Jockey Who May suddenly
stop Ridine-variable stars at Morris
Inrk = Ininnn Record of O'COnnOr

Problem Of the Jockey Who May suddenly
stop Ridinr Variable stars at Morris
Park Unique Record of O'Connor
mt Acau-duot-Lsssons of the season.
one OF tho factors to be considered In making
bets on a stable. az we'll az on q Jockey, ~ the pos
ability o! is ceadng suddenly 10 be an active
participant In the great game for a longer or a
shorter period. For instance, the horses may
suddenly have a spell OF sickness or train OIL aud
there will b. no entries for weeks. II this should
happen when a considerable sum Of money IL
In the hands Of the bookmakers awaiting redemp
lion, what IL To be done What switch Is To te
made and On what principle This Il still more
likely to happen in the case OF a prominen, Jockey.
The brilliant riders, those who attract the notice
u the public by their meteoric succession OF wins,
are more likely TO meet with accidents than the
more mediocre riders. A boy who has had a
headline or two naturally feels TO a certain extent
that the eyes OF the world are on him; II he can
score another win, he IL going to do II, and under
tho excitement Of the moment In q close contest
he may do something which brings him under
censure, and which, in a cooler moment, say
in an easier race, he would not have done. This
may cause the boy TO be set down for the remaind der
Of the meeting. az was the case several times
last season with well-known and capable boys,
and II the So race pun,er had a hundred or two
in the ring waiting orders" what would he do
about it, Then again. there Is the chance OF
injury which at Just such a time may incapacitate
q Jockey for months, or, as in the case OF Burns,
after Saratoga. he may go elsewhere TO ride,
bringing the player 10 the level OF the poolroom,
instead Of the track, TO recover losses. This &C.
CURED in a still more marked degree with Odom,
who finished the Morris Park fall meeting with
SlB belonging to the punter in the hands OF the
! bookmakers, and did not hide a, Aqueduct. when
was the player to get back his good money, and how
was he 10 know Suppose the boy was controlled
by a man who considered the best thing he could
do would bs TO lie oil for the winter, would II be
correct 10 carry the deficit over to the next season
and start In atresh to retrieve 1t on the boys
mounts The strict letter Of system playing
would point 10 Yes but common sense would
point to a decisive NO,
Another difficulty confronting the player OF
Jockeys is the punching of the wins before and
after long runs Of losses. II a player Is induced
TO begin right away, he starts at the maximum
when a series Of losses IL due, and ifhe is already
| playing the boy with most wins, hemust DO play.
ing losers, for the lunches of wins seldom come
to the boy at the head Of the list, and by the time
u l'7lHk NuiN ~ fHf'uN Wv "
swinging to loss and tho pla yer is again euchred.
Take any two boys in the subloined records and
! look up the race records. \ has 20 mounts and
: : wins, or 26 per cent, and Is has % mounts and
o wins. OF 81 per cent and then Is scores 8 wins
in 0 races. Now. 2S mounts and Z wins bring
him to 25 per cent and 20 mounts and 8 wins
gives ~ per cent, and b Is due for play; he loses,
and 80 races and 5 wins shows 20 per cent II
A should no, have been riding meanwhile, what
is to be done II A has ridden and lost, Is is still
20 be played and another win possibly at l 8 ON
places him at rs per cent, ready for two more
losses to com plete his so per cent increase. This
problem occurs right along throughout each in
diyidual record, reproducing the black, red. black,
red. black, red, alternates Of the wheel OF the similar
movement Of stocks, which kill almost every
system for the time being. These are the matters
which are seldom considered by the system in
yes,iga,or, who only investigates on paper, and not
practically, at the track 1t seems almost i'm
possible for a man TO follow any line OF investi-
cation in this matter without favorlng his pet
idea and making toboggsn slides over the rough
places; almost any system will pay, tht )retically,
IL worked out on the "dOpes" the next morning
when the horse opening at l0-l, 81, Ii, and
closing at lis, is by the investigator played
right across the board TO save the bet on the third
winning, whereas at the track he would have
flown around from book to book, in the good old
way, seeking the best OF il" until the even money
third was gone and his bet would nave been made
on first and place only, which, resulting in a loss
in actual practice, would in the investigation
have been scheduled as a win Especially is this
the case In the alton Of Jockey systems,
and 1t IL more easy Of application here than to
~favoritss or handicap choices, and therefore pro
ductivs Of more loss and trouble to the punter
With Maher. pullman Spencer and Wilson
having respectively IA, II, IL and 8 wins al the
close Of the 6 ravesend meeting, Morris Park looked
like a land Of promise. However, Maher was
suspended, and this brought In Clawson 70 the
fourth placs with 8 wins ~ his credit. Bullman
was the new star. and the question was, would
he continue his somewhat startling career or
drop: and II so, would that leave Spencer as the
standby, his record for the year as q whole beng
undoubtedly the best TO date: and II not, what
about Wilson? These are q few only Of the ques-
tons which confronted the greatest win or the
percentage player Of the Jockey as last season
drew TO a close. The results showed that all
these horses were wrong, Jenkins, a new star,
shot across tho armament, little Odom came Sec
ond. Winnie O'Connpr ranked third, and Bull
man fell 10 fourth. The leader, Jenkins, made
his appearance on the fourth day Of the Gravesend
meeting, riding Lady Madge for }. j. Iiyland,
and in Ia races managed to get second twice,
on Dan Rice ate i and Sky Scraper At lO-l, and
his first win was Belle Of Memphis, Al, on the
ninth day Of that meeting, his total being D wins
in as mounts, nothing very sta Ting. With his
first race AZ Morris Park he landed Charentus,
at Id, first past the wire III the FIRST race II
the opening day, and his record looks a. follows
for the II WINS in 30 races, OF Just % per cent
10 /, 90, u, o. o, O,2 t. II, Al, 1000, U,
ar "A a N n u n q Al % ID u o--l q "a
81, -, 0. 0, o, o., u, 81, FL, o. 10,
.. 90 0 0, 90, c. 20, co. 81, Q, 6-l,0, 90. Eight
Of his mounts We're second and five were third,
at remunerative odds; the average odds against
the winners was very high. being nearly 6-l,
actually 1919, including Charcntus ID
Belle o! Memphis ii, kings Courier l5-l,
Belle Of Troy 81, Peep o'DaX l2-l, Miss Han
most brilliant records Of the year and full Of prom
ise. The cumulative bet to win IS a race called
for S222.
Another surprise was Odoin whose best record
had been Is wins In So at Brighton. when the
more prominent boys were at Saratoga, and whose
record up TO Morris Park was only u wins In 81
mounts, or not quite 10 per cent. Then he took
heart Of trace and handed in II wins In IS mounts,
or 20 per o'nt, q fairly < I'D average and actually
this: 0, o, 81, 0, 81, O,O, 0, So, lO-l, co. 0,
o, 0, O.. o, Al, o, al, o, o, 0. 10, o, 81,
0, o., 0, Al, 0, 90 ,0. o, o. SIS, o., 10, 0. 0,
0, u, o. o, o, o, o, 0, o. 0, o. This included eight
seconds and Ave thirds, the cumulative b~ts "
win IS a race and losses being small until the
end Of the meeting. when s4i2 was in the hands
OF the ring, W be- redeemed at Aqueduct. His
Only q shade behind came OhConnor, with 10
utpG In ny raCAg ar moi nrlfA IN Nor cont and