Judge — September 16, 1922 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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OO ———— by Heywood Broun. With sketches by Weed looked well. Now he is more apt to pin his faith on one which falls pleasantly “FORM os THE we with WITH ALL ( THE RACING < SHEETS WHO LOVES I$ SYSTEM \ But CANT AFFORD TO \ = PLAY IT THE ‘sport, HE PLAYS TREM ON THEM NOSE B TIGHT WAOD RE PLAYS THE FAVORITE TO KINISH THIRD / / A HUNG é PLAY SCUTTLE Py ae. upon the ear. Of course we do not want to put forward the heresy that betting on the races may not be one of the most exact sciences known to man. Unquestion- ably it is an exact science. The only flaw lies in the fact that it isn’t known to man. HE perfect gambler should be learned in geology in order to compute cor- rectly the effects of rain upon the strata of the earth, a savant in psychology both equine and human, a student of criminol- ogy, past master of natural history and financial genius. If he is able to qualify in all these respects there is no reason on earth why he should not win, providing, of course, he has a lot of luck. Personally we lean to sentiment rather than science. If one loses under such circumstances there is no dis ‘e since after all he has done no more than follow the dictates of his heart which are tra- ditionally unreliab As in most technical subjects, we find no little difficulty in comprehending. the more learned literature of racing. ‘This morning we have been studying our favor- ite racing paper with a view of ascer- taining the probable winner of the third race at Saratoga. In it we find the fol- lowing theories presented simultaneously: “Polly Ann—She would have no excuse This one has royal “Horologe—On his recent form he will be hard to beat. Southern Cross—Sure to be well up. irate Gold—His workouts have been ional. Broomflax—Certain to be a con- count—Will bear watching. “Cap Rock—Ready to go the route.” SUCH exact information never seems ‘to take us very far on our journey. Polly Ann, we are told, won’t have any excuses if she is beaten. That is a fine sporting spirit, but it le: us quite in the dark as to her chance As a matter of fact we should rather prefer exc ed gambler ought to get some- 'o have a We should like to have * defined more exactly. nt to know what royalty the racing has in mind. Is he thinking of George of England or William of Ger- many? Of course, we incline a little toward Recount because of the information that he “Will bear watchin, This is an admirable democratic The others apparently can’t abide being stared at. Cap Rock has the merit of timeliness. He is “Ready to go the route.” Still the question remains as to whether he is figuring on an afternoon or a wee E », there’s too much mental strain to such methods. There are phases of life in which inspiration is worth all the in- formation in the world. Will some reader kindly hand us a hatpin? comicbooks.com