Science In Betting

There is, so says Dave Pulsifer, who ought to know, a scientlflc way of betting on horse races. Like all other scientific methods, however, it is hard to attaiu and not easy to keep up. Horse when they start in at tho beginning of the season belong, according to their on merits, to different classes. Ther are the 2:20 horses, and the 2:30 and the 2:40 and the 8 minute horses among the trotters, and among the. runners there is the same sort of diffsrenoe. Bookmakers must have their heads filled with horses, with weights, and besides with a great lot of dat regarding their performances and their condition. The outsider, because a horse is the winner of one race, usually makos a favorita of him for the next. Tho bookmaker doesn't always do ihat. And especially is it true that a horse which wins several races band running will become a prime favorite with the outsiders, while bookmakers and professionals for this very same rcason begin to put their money up against him. As a rule, the winning of one race by a runner makes the winning of a second difnVult; and, as races are run, the chances of success next time decrease in a certain proportion. This is because of the addition of weifjht. The racer finally overweighs himself by hismany successes and he then loses. On the other hand, owners of slower horses trail along f rom circuit to circuit losing races; their runners having weight taken ofT each time, until at some course or other the horse runs light, is in flrst class form, his owner backs him to win and win he does. The public does not keep these things in mind. The pool seller and bookmaker never forget them They are his stock in trade. Thre are of course a great many other influences beside that of weight. Hard running and the winning by close scratehes pulls the best racer down. The condition of the ïiorse must be borno as carefully in mind as the weight. "If a horseman will famili.irizi' himself with all these things," says Da ve Pulsifer, "he can bet on the borse races and win money, but it will take hw timo. Ho can't bet on hoi-sa race and win motxry and do