The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-25

Here the record 81 tie season was q round
50 per cent OF, winning rrst f%avorl'ee, the aver
about 3 10 4. and the average field vast. horses
10 a race The important feature il that right
along more thnn one a DAY t.err wa. an rS,
at considerably wore thar, ? on To ~tart
in the ~ day, dealt with This show, clearly
what the odds must have been in tie race.
Witch were not dominated by the plGnrer's
actions The schedule of almost every meet
Ing bows %ylryins average, ~ tne "ddr Of re
s ~. sarah Ramoy. IS Red banner ,,
FIR ma.eT r, e. he 99T re Sf june 5 r fan Mts
being crhcssapeakc, !? i s. Mic.seii, even
Mi:s Ford am, Al; His Highne-si 0 5 Louise,
ing in thai year. on Sept -. the favori'e prico.
,Rn iw wsrs -; "a. 81 s set o3 3s
sN"Ii. three TO Vim sept IS. 49, s. :,
60 =; 'rsi S SCI, ,S 20, &c Tsr ia ibs i co.,, "a
times one hears about Time. Of which the
pun;er with the Coroner'i in.'inct say. Il
nave made a million. sure II was easy to go
down and play two sire winners n day " The
curious thing is in i9lo. II s,ill alive, We viii be
mae,ine twen,v-six f~avori'es AZ - on and
worse started in the sixteen days racing
is practically eliminated as far as obvious eject
goes He Il still with us 10 n certain extent
but he nq longer sways the price card. lTeitler
he average regular visitor to the track haS 4
very aggressive self-reliance. He il not both
cred much about what any one else /, doing.
lie has lis own ideas. and whether they are
successful or not. " is idle ~, tax 70 him with
the intention 81 either teaching hin much or
scores who, II they do not lose. do not make
much money to peak NJ. but work along n
faulty line, and answer any hin' which may
De given them with the old parrot CRY of the
days Of Rnmrscs The percentage l. dead
Ssaln,' s. y2Hr if ts, never 70 en r,yc.'i ,friy any
one man TIL, yesIr las made money right along
by playing tho fav"rite at even money. or bet
Ter 10 win ~ much a dsv. He l. we'll Informed.
has years II experience. and know perfectly
well that in 1899, after a run of losor-. tho one
the twenty-e!gh,h race. and that he would
have had To play twen'y-thr.e races, losing
each one. and neetins So, capital 70 win
methods 81 play, but he has simply gone along
and trusted to Providence,
This salf-Teliant spirit has produced very
scattered speculation Instead Of tho old
plunccr and his following reaching for one
horse and practiGhiln driving u on he boards
find n ten-hOr-e race, with at least six fairly
well backed animals, each Of which is con-
The ward men are kep, busy following tho
changes in each book. and q fairly level scale Of
independent prices rules all through the ring
on all races except in the few where public
nal. a Il did on the Reene stable in the FL
turitv. Then ~ usual 1t guessed wrong There
probably never was another time when tho
racing public knew 80 much. technically. Of
the horses What with training reports. the
reduction Of every type 81 calcul1'iCn 10 a
decimal fraction. and The habit Of di-inicTe-t.d
Judgment of performance which api.arS 20 he
growing very last, esraci7llv among the more
successful puiierc. ~ - a Very di1"reit ~ nuo-
siiion from What II was n few years ago Pos
siblv the most rertinont Indication of tho ton
denCv H. the Frequently eN',r.s~"d desire that
the mutual system SHOULD -" renewed. This
would do away with the crushing and crowdiug
. of the man who does not NAV on n ueihcd
7 The consequence 81 all tins - maj tho resgfd
Of 1904. ut the seven principal Eastern tracks.
s,and- n follows