Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-14

to keep even with the game much less to
beat 1t, for I myself have seen Gideon on
the track at in the morning watching the
workouts OF his own horses and those Of
other owners.
1.-The big players as a rule are what are
called the inside information and workout
players. They employ their own Checkers,
who watch in the early hours on the tracks
the moves OF the different horses in exer-
else, and who are supposed to know what
Is going on In this little world of its own.
Then they rely heavily upon the opinions
and the Information which they may re-
ceive from their trainer and owner friends,
sift this information to suit their own judg-
ment as to q horses capabilities to beat his
competitors, and scale their bets accord
ingiy.
1.-The novice and the man outside Of the
gates would suppose that with al of these
fine facilities at hand these men would beat
the game right along, and SO they would
but for several well-known- reasons on the
turf. The principal OF these Is the deadly
continuous losses which will come with
even the best exercised judgment, and the
further fact that horses. being built of flesh
and blood. do not fulfill the expectations Of
this expert Judgment at critical times when
the largest money Is at stake. and It is
imperative that substantial winning
should be made.
The Operation Of Contraries.
1.-THE average big player is a -fat-bet'
player; that Is, he backs his horses ac-
cording to his judgment and the price
thereon in the ring. Thus, he will bet
$500 on one race and IS 900 on another,
and by that curious irony OF fate expert
enced in the ring. he will lose the latter
while the reverse Is the rule with his small
er bets. and he will win these ten times
where he will lose once.
This Is only an illustration. and is ad-
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game is. for it is the experience Of the
big and the little player alike that II they
could have had their big money down
according to their own Individual methods
their small sums down. they would have
soon retired-if such thing Is possible as
retiring, once the business Ia begun-with
comfortable fortunes.
1T 10 the knowledge of this fact and
the attempt to overcome this principle in
the game that gives ingenious men the
chance to construct SYSTEMS and there
are hundreds OF these SYSTEMS nearly all
theory to support them In practice. All
sorts of graduated scales OF play-which
men In actual play in the excitement Of the
betting ring won't stick to-are figured
continuous loss business. or to do away
with the fat bet idea OF playing 81 In one
race. and &f00 In the ne1t. There may be
figures which are good enough. and there
may De .ns.ae =, n,..ta; anH
sontihuous.y koou ~ s'e - s,p ~ os..
upon un'ioU 80 !. 8. , y, ~ % =.
ahy amoun. 30 icl. - !. :. = Ma 1 =.
the same heuae-ou. .nsrs .e, na s,s
never seen mem: MOI ese. Alu. a.S M.
VINO coulu snow IN colu exsn SUI tesoA'
from oay 10 oay o1 week 10 "oeA"
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player ana the sysFem nena cfsn appear 80
strongly to the novice. and In some cases,
even to the initiated. On paper these
sraA,ated .c.,.. ~ NAV annear nersac4,v
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plausible ana soccesslo- Anu aiso On
paper these systems. IN running back over