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YOUNG HORSES ARE THE BEST LIKED Alleged Advantage of ThreeYcarOlds in the Scale of Weight New York January 20 AVhile discussing the success of threeyearolds in claiming races at tin Fair Grounds New Orleans the interesting fact yas Illought out that some of the expert handicappers in this section have been devoting their energies almost exclusively to this division One hnndicap l er who has a wide reputation as a figure sharp declared he paid no attention to handicaps confin ¬ ing his efforts entirely to threeyearolds in the cheaper races racesA A study of the records during Hie first half of the Fair Grounds meeting will show he has good grounds for his methods methodsI I simply look for threeyearolds iu the claim ¬ ing fields said he and if I see one or two en ¬ tered I study their form past and present and if they have shown anything at all to warrant their having a chance I give them preference over the horses of other ages They have much the best of it in weights and on the limited number of wagers I have made there hnve been few disap ¬ pointments pointmentsThe The Fair Grounds records show that since Janu ¬ ary 1 there have iKen about fifty starters from the threeyearold class contesting with horses of greater age Up to a few days ago there were five winners seven seconds and eight thirds with twentynine unplaced This averages about twelve per cent winners and more than forty per cent of the starters in the money moneyCLAIMS CLAIMS DEFECT IN WEIGHT SCALE SCALEConsidering Considering the fact that of the twentynine starters unplaced there was hardly a horse worthy of recognition it is readilv sien that the method has much virtue It goes to show the positive defect in the scale of weights for horses in the younger division both in the late autumn and the early spring springLook Look over the records and you will find that nearly all the threeyearolds that have been placed since January 1 when running with older horses are horses that have shown some semblance of quality while those that have been unplaced are horses that are so common that the majority may never win a race raceThe The bad horses I have in mind include Nowhere Clarisse OB Tell Me John Hyner Gillisan Miss Sweep All Bright Lady Small Boreas Royat and performers of that kind kindThe The names of those horses are almost foreign to the average layman compared with hors s like Poacher Producer Cobalt Ixiss St Juile Iindsey Courier Ultra Gold Black Bass Jas T Clark Onward and one or two others I merely mention these horses as a comparative form at a glance showing horses that can easily be discarded and those which have to IK considered when gathering deductions for the probable result of a race Some raceSome people may differ with me in my method but I have discovered that even a fair threeyear old has a letter chance of winning a race than an old horse in claiming races and if beaten he is usually fo e up to the winner This has been shown by the races of Producer St Jude Courier and Ultra Gold
