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REFLECTIONS By Nelson Dunstan DunstanCost Cost of Training a Greyhound Odd Request for Racing Silks Copyrighting a System Play Origin of Daily Doubles DoublesNEW NEW YORK N Y June 10 The customers have been liberal with letters during the past week and we have selected a few which may be of general interest JCS of Trotter Court Boston Mass writes In one of your columns of a few years back you stated it would cost five to six dollars a day to keep a horse I am writing you now to find out what it would cost per day to train a rac ¬ ing greyhound and also what it would cost to gee a guid ucg trainer Dear Mr Stanley You certainly picked the wrong man when you ask me to give the information asked for in your letter We love dogs with the exception of the Mexican hairless and the Russian wolfhound two of the dumbest animals we know about We love Collies Boston Bulls Wirehaired Terriers and some day when we perfect our system to beat the horses we are going to settle down in the country and have all kind of dogs running around But as we recall it we have only seen one dog race in our life and that was some five years ago so we are hardly qualified to tell you what it would cost to train a racing greyhound greyhoundFrom From 225 West 23rd Street New York City Miss Bonnie B writes I am trying to start a small stable within the next few years Can you tell me whether it is possible to regis ¬ ter colors so far in advance and if so the amount of the fee and where to make application I shall be very grateful for any advice you may be in a position to offer Racing colors are registered annually on payment of 1 before April 1st and 5 there ¬ after or for the life of the person registering on payment of 25 Whether your colors could be regis ¬ tered so far in advance and without actual ownership of the horse is a question for The Jockey Club to de ¬ cide and we would suggest that you write Mr Fred Klees Registrar of The Jockey Club at 250 Park Ave New York City CityFrom From 91 Court Street Newark N J A C writes Valuable bits of information in your column prompts me to write you even though you are a confirmed skeptic on sys ¬ tem play I have a type of selection which when played for place is a winner showing a percentage of 74 per cent to date since April 8 1944 Will you please read it and then forward a suggestion as to the neces ¬ sary steps to be taken toward having it copyrighted As stated before it is physi ¬ cally impossible for us to read to say noth ¬ ing of checking the many systems which are sent to us We fail to see where a copy ¬ right on any form of system play is of much value for the reason that with the slightest change the copyright becomes of little or no value valueFrom From Winnipeg Manitoba Lou Davies of the Mexico City edition of DAILY RACING FORM writes Dear Nelson I noticed in your column the other day that you had visited Canada for the Kings Plate and that in Canada they call the Daily Dou ¬ ble a Duet I wonder if you would be interested in the true story of the Daily Double on this continent My late partner Herbert Lister and my ¬ self were working on racing in Eng ¬ land from 1927 to 1931 and saw the Daily Double in use on the English tracks We thought it might interest the late Joe Cattaranich and Jim Speers of Winnipeg and in the spring of 1931 we explained the idea and both track operators decided to try it out Speers was the first to accept it and introduced it at Victoria Park in Calgary Alberta in May of that year The reason that you saw the word Duet used in Toronto was that late in 1931 a bright lad conceived the idea of copyrighting the word Daily Double and the Ontario tracks changed the name to Duet to avoid any possible trouble Kindest re ¬ gards Lou Thanks very much Lou for this information When I first read the word Duet in Toronto I was puzzled On inquiry I found it meant Daily Double Somehow it struck me funny and it still does doesAs As general chairman of the Bundles for America Irving King writes It is most encouraging to know that we may count on your valued support for the furtherance of the work of the Sports Committee in behalf of Bundles for America Your sup ¬ port is deeply appreciated and I cannot tell you how much We thank you Every columnist in America should be glad to givg his support to the f tag work which Irving can count on us for sofiasupportin avery worthy undertaking
