The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-22

1hirty-one first choices, or 80 per cent
won, az against thirty-seven last year;
seventeen second choices won and eight
third choices. Thus - PER cent. OF the
races were taken by the first three choices.
leaving only twenty-five races for what
NAV be termed outsiders. As the average
price against the first ~favorite Wa about
s-5. second favorite play under the Redd
system must have proved a gold mine.
II was essentially a meeting Of extremes.
The winner was either one Of the hrst three
favorites, or n better than 10 chance:
Intermediate priced horses s~em 10 have
been hopelessly at q discount Witness
the list ~ those at i0-i or better 70 finish
in the money. Aug 81 orman 1s-i won.
Wealth. Isl. second. Cobrg. io-i. won;
Luz Costa. 2o-i. second. Barron, III.
third. Knapsack. 10, wo Bruf. io-i.
second: Aston. Isl. second. Fatalist. Isl,
third: sept. 2. illuminate. io-i. won: Bel
lario. SOL. third. Arsenal, p-i, won:
third: Sept. 3. Josepha, col. won; Bowen.
iO-i. second: Sun Shower. io-i, third:
Reina, i?-i. second: Paul Clifford, io-i.
third: Sept. 8. Flora Pomona, i2-l. won.
Lamp OLE. "a. third sept. O. Crypt9-
Pretorius. to-l, third, Autolight, 2o-i.
third: Segt. 7, Prophetic, 4o-i, won; The
Referee, 2o-i. third; Lady Uncas, SOL.
third: Ccrvera, SOL third, Sun shower
soai. third; sept 2, ModTine; loEi' son'
son. third; Paul ciinord, 10 second:
Little Jem. ioo-i. won; Lady Sterling. so
!. second sept. 10. Belle'. ccmmoneg
Mi.s Mitcher, ic-i. third; scotch BusS.
io-i. second: Arsk. io-i, third: Sept II.
third; Barbara F@IeteSie, ie-i. second:
Ar vergrsve. i7-i. third Belvino. col.
Chorister, so-i. won; Iit,l. Daisy. nj.
Peninsula, 3o-i. third. sept. u. sombrero.
7o-i. second; Otis, 2o-i, third; City Bank.
SOL, second. and Dolando. Isl. second.
This Ia q wonderful record when II In
remembered that throughout the year
twenty-three races in every ffty-siI on
al average are won by horses. ranging
from 81 20 io-l. inclusive. The odds against
the bull Of the other. are fr9m 81 " 80,
Here 70 a strong argument In favor OF good
average handspring. not too SCIENTIFIC
As against the old practice 81 favori'e play
Much az this good pnce average was
due 10 the way the fields rave held UP
and the good average Of eight and one
third horsee to a race was practically equal
20 the record Of last season, and away
above that of isaa and the five years pre-
oeding n. This was du" To the c%ontinu-
Gus spell Of dry weather. the track being
I1NI NANNII VII Wv FNANN aNNA ~ NNAN
DAVIS. when the normal ffty-thrce horser
to start were reduced to forty-one and
thirty. Nph the average odds at o-S IL IN
Interesting tn note such starters a. sept 4.
W~atercolor IA won. Sept. q. Watercolor
IA won. Endurance 10y Right Ia won;
sept. 10. Voter I 10 won, Sept ~, Herhert
Is won: Sept II. Endurance by Right
Ia won. and Rock'on Ia lost. Take these
out and the favodte average price scars
20 the clouds. Not OF a single day was
the favorite average price against the
punter. the worst day being Sept. -. with
Ss-s0 y even Sept a. when a Ia and a
Is shot had 20 lie calculated. the average
price stood at t0-S0. .
The Hahn system Of handlcapping and
pay vas fully explained In TN Sun OF
NAV II. 1901. IL consists, briefly, OF seek
ing the best horse in each rare through
the medium Of past performances, TAX
ing tho last four races and crediting 20
each horse - points .or a vii, 10 Tor a place
and y for a third. Thus II Nasturtium
runs first. second, third and ninth, he has
2J-is-s-n or 81 point A deadheat counts
- for each hor-e, a disqualification does
not make any difference, 40 notice y taken
Of weight, Jockey, track conditions or
time. simply results are figured upon.
II two or more horses are equal, the later
runner il taken: u still equal, the lighter
weight, the tettcr Jockey, or the toss OF a
coin, may decide the question. The i-t
l. IS al ovens or better. n evcnS for third.
take IL. STICK 20 - so long as wins are
scored. and after tho first loes, play TO
recover losses and br s. to the good. AZ
sheepshead fall this method worked as
follows: