The sun., 1901-05-12
RACING SYSTEMS OF 1901.
CHiy0Es ~ the CONDITIONS THAT
CALL FOR NEW METHODS.
A system Of HandicappinE which Every One
ca, work for Hlm'elf Results Last Year
- The Harm system Of betting on the
, tockeys-T The Chart Tor Morris Park

A system OF uuuufcuppAuB Vhhcu G'esy Vh'
ca, work for Hlm'eif Results Last Year
- The Harm system Of betting on the
Jockeys The Chart tor Morris Park.
In 1901 fnvorites at the Metropolitan tracks
won on an average so per cent OF the races.
shn average OF winning first favorites IL now
o,lr 20 per cent Another factor helps TO
m ,lo matters more dficult for the punter
pny Ten years ago losers and winners came
IN blocks Those who remember the famous
s,.lrs OF eighteen losers at Monmouth Park
A. Brighton Beach will scarcely contradict
thls statement With the decrease In tho
proportion Of winning favorites the blocks
q, 10 ,rrs increased and tho blocks OF winners
naturally decreased. until In 1900 only sixty
folr cases occurred In which two or more
fayorites won In succession in the 700 races
OF the season. as against nearly double that
number when the duplicate favorite system
was the sheet anchor OF the experienced
favorite player with these changed condi-
tons a change In systems IL demanded.
The modern expert hnndcapper IL pro-
duct Of several years OF practical experience.
His methods cannot be given In detail here
and would be of little use to any one not al
ready conversant with considerably more
than the rudiments Of his art. but an effective
ig apparently crude method OF handicapping
can be employed which will give decisive re-
suits without going into any Of the intricacies
OF weight. distance. track conditions or time.
II gives the most consistent horse on per-
fornnnce only IN each race. and II will do all
that IL asserted for It, In fact, in 1900 this
meth nod OF handlcappng gave 3, per cent.
OF winners. placing t63 horses first. second or
third in the 700 races of the season, and on
Win
Elondike, at; Carbuncle. SIS; Col Padden,
ls-S, Dolando. SIS, Rolling Boer, SIS. and
Star Bright. t-5 This Is a statement which
can be proved by the charts. Yet there was
a run Of fourteen losers on June 2s. 20, 80 and
some others needless 20 specify
Here is the method Take tho entries for
each race. and 90 back over the record or
each horse for his last four races. II he has
not run that number. calculate on the races
he has run. Credit him with IS points for a
win so that four wins give the maximum 100.
Give 10 points for place and for third, ir-
respective Of tmc weight. track or distance.
Thus, II a horse has won four races In his
last four tries he ranks at 100, II he has won
two. was second once and third once, he ranks
Of "a e. e rs 2 rs ? 20 $40, and so on.
The horse with the highest percentage
ana 30 long as wins are scored the bet remains
nj As without increase When loss Is scored
even money or better Is accepted, and the
NAV is TO recover losses and be IS ahead
il the first choice does not start the next
IN order becomes the choice TO play. Where
two or more animals In "A .ace have the same
number OF points the first choice is the one
that more recently ran. II both ran IN the
same race the one with the lighter weight
i taken If both carry the same weight,
take the better Jockey
\ dead heat is win for both horses. and
any dead heat loss OF ca pital must be accepted
ss such with no effort at recovering II in the
next series 4 disqualification where a horse
finishes first counts as a win for both horses
when calculating future races.
These rules are simple and absolute. They
bring everything down TO "A hard and fast
basis from which there is no appeal, and the
system Of play stands on its merits only
with no personal cleverness or expertness
10 raise questions. A dozen men making
calculations will reach the same result.
This method worked out as follows at the
Morris Park spring meeting last year. The
calculations can be verified from the form
charts, and the selections and their individua
position Al the finish are shown by the brack-
.,pd figures following the price For ease
Of calculation S. is made the first bet, but any
Other amount can be used as desired The
idea is 10 place the first IS az evens or better
and then play AZ prices 10 recover losses and
finish IS ahead on each winning