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■ Daily Racing Form Speed Ratings The handicappers and statisticians *f DAILY RACING FORM have evolved a Speed Ratine system that is far superior t« any yet devised. Instead of being based merely on track records, the ratings are based primarily on the constant, or mean, speed of the track* allowances thus being made for variation in footing. By this method, wheal a ksrss earns a rating of, say 85, fer a six-farlong race at Belmont Park, hs earaa tha sabm rating by the sasaa effort at any ether track. Speed ratings arc shawm ki tfet past performaneas aftar the elaissing price or race classifieatlaa. 1