The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-07
SYSTEMS AT G"RAVESEND.
Evenly DISTRIBUTED Uf
no the LAST FEW DAYS
C,r,o,, Meeting for Favorites- Decrease In
the properties of Winning Pa'~orts'-Rask
on,,Ider, Scarce Painters Scared on
nS nI. Odds Results OF the systems.

oD,.ider, Scarce 80 Painters scared On
rs nI. Odds Results OF the systems.
In Tur SIN OF Sept. 10 It was said; And now
,.n.nyosond. The outlook IL for an increase
Ia u,ccessiul f~ayorites. somewhat above 20
nar can't for tho opening week. the
,ccord closing on a downward scale This
n-ovod eractly the case. as will be seen by
,bo daily peroentages, 20 per cont, "a, q. 20.
90 4, Al. 40, -, SO. 81, 81. IS. SO. 81, IS 10 close.
Inst ycar the average WAS 81. In 1898 1t was
al. in 1877 IL was 30. and In 1900. 20 per cent.
Never before in the last ten years has the
puntor faced so curious n meeting for favor
ltos Although the percentage has been
en,l and gradually decreasing. the winners
vero so evenly distributed M 10 the last few
d,vs that almost any method Of playing. dou-
hing up or otherwise. camo out a winner on
small capital. This means disaster In tho
reor future and moro wheat for the winter
erist mill Of tho gentlemen on the high stools.
Tn n tho last three days the f~avorites did
NOT lose moro than three races In succession
10 be followed by a winner. as the only I'M
rlayahle and ~favorites were; Sept. II. Coin-
mando. ia, won. Sept. 20, the Amazon. go.
Sept n, Radford. is, Sept. IS. Elizabeth NJ.
is, and as none Of them came ct a critical
moment. there was no cause for complaint.
Thsn came the turn. Sept. 1911 Ave favor
ties lost In succession. but tho odds were
good. sept. 1920 four lost. Sept. 1920 the
downward slide predicted began In earnest
with McMcckin 6. BiIlionaire SIS. Three
Bars - Rolling Boer i3-5, Belle Of Troy
Il and lIespor SIS. 70 win out with Annoy
at ? 10 I. Then came The finale. Sept. 1920,
when Intrusive. al. lost, Quite Right. 81. lost,
Red Path. rs. lost. The Amazon IS, lost,
Water Color, 81, lost, Jack Point, o|6, lost,
1.t- /, -. -. q , -, .-l T,sx.nz "a r
lost to close the meeting.
In all thirty-'iy fayurites won in the ninety
seven races. or IS per cent, the lowest average
In eight years. OF the second '~avorites twenty
one won and seventeen gained the place. or
the third ~favorites nine won and twenty-five
gained the place. Thus a three first choices
90 per cont won and IS per cent. o. the place
mlrkablo record, and to those who follow the
method Of definitely settling beyond question
which are the first. second and third f]avorites
In each race dc'crtbed in preceding articles
OF this scr.cs. II should not have been such a
very hard task 10 come out ahead. II using a
reasonable amount Of capital.
Rank outsiders havo been scarce. Sept. ~
janice 25-i,. was The leshlmate handicap
horse. Sept. II. Sorvlla 40-i, and Sept. %, God ,
i"y %, Ggured bettor than any other horse
In the race; sept. IS, Fleuron lo-l, was the
second handicap choice, sept. %. Rappenecker
was tn. handicap horse at l2-i; these won.
But for the place there was n harvest, no fewer
than htty-nine at 10 or better, finishing first
or second In the niuoty-seyen races. This
rlran- iov for the rallbirds. THIS meeting has
been remarkable for the number Of horses
which figured rs frst or second choices In mod
ern hhndicapplng methods, but we're slated
hy the layers at rldiculously long prices. This.
On the modern absorbing principle Of nothing
doing, scared of MANY A good winning bet.
standard when price and the capability status
OF the Jockey will be utterly and totally disre-
garded, and the wise ones will plank down their
bet as cheerfully op a io0-,t chance as on one
ccntase and reAults without attempting to figure
which way the weather vane will point to-
morrow from the basis OF where Il has pointed
to-day. A case In point was q nve-horse race
play his horse; there was a tS favprte and
isl was quoted against this owners animal.
and he won In a walk, pulled up,
nov vas II you did not play himf- the owner
was asked. and the reply. vas;
and this about q three-y ear-old, over a. mile
and a sixteenth. who a. a two-year-old. ran
breathing hard. So much for 7 don't like the
G allant, whom the talent handicapped as a
oil because they did not like tho weight
From such come tho bank rolls Of the book
makers.
Tho Char system was fully described in THE
SUS Of April 20, 1900. and |. a method Of playing
personal selections, newspaper ups,. &c, on
the most certain remuneratlve results at tho
i STss al u,' sqss he G @.sIns : t r P aHs, f Sst 's 3 dan "a
as soon as Il calls for 90, PLAYING straight and
place, the division OF capital for. third betting
being on tho scale Of Is, go, tl6 wherever possi-
be THIS Is done on the modified integral
n profit. and returning to the initial bet. Al
II worked a. follows: