+--------------------+-------+------+---------+----------+ | | | | Total | £1 | | Paper. | Lost. | Won. | Winning | Fixed | | | | | Odds. | Stake. | +--------------------+-------+------+---------+----------+ | Daily Express | 670 | 299 | 678·93 | Won £8 | | Jockey | 696 | 243 | 687·86 | Lost 9 | | Racehorse | 566 | 240 | 555·52 | ” 11 | | Chilton’s Guide | 357 | 132 | 341·16 | ” 16 | | Morning Leader | 690 | 309 | 667·93 | ” 22 | | Gale’s | 639 | 231 | 501·85 | ” 37 | | Sportsman | 738 | 285 | 679·02 | ” 59 | | Daily Mail | 642 | 278 | 574·19 | ” 68 | | Racing World | 696 | 275 | 626·19 | ” 70 | | Standard | 872 | 313 | 781·22 | ” 91 | | Star | 750 | 317 | 635·36 | ” 114 | | Sporting Chronicle | 785 | 299 | 669·68 | ” 115 | | Diamond Special | 482 | 169 | 365·83 | ” 116 | | Daily Sport | 895 | 293 | 768·20 | ” 127 | | Advertiser | 724 | 259 | 589·36 | ” 135 | | Sporting World | 886 | 303 | 747·44 | ” 139 | | Sporting Life | 1327 | 411 | 1179·25 | ” 147 | | Telegraph | 928 | 345 | 724·67 | ” 203 | +--------------------+-------+------+---------+----------+ The following are taken from a day’s selections—January 7, 1905—and show how the tips for hurdle-racing are even more unreliable than those for flat-racing:— GATWICK MEETING (Six Races). London Star { 6 selections (Capt. Coe’s Specials) { —all wrong. Middleham Opinion { 3 selections (one “best thing”) (Mentor) { —all wrong. The Jockey { 5 selections (one “special”) { —all wrong. Racehorse (Admiral) { 1 selection (“one horse nap”) { —wrong. Early Bird’s Finals { 6 selections (one “good,” one “selected”) { —all wrong. Sun Dawn’s Finals { 6 selections (one “good”) { —1 right (_not_ the “good”). Form’s Finals { 6 selections { —2 right. Presto’s Double { Double selection for two races { —wrong. Sunday Chronicl. { 4 selections (Galliard) { —all wrong. Sunrise’s Finals { 6 selections { —all wrong. Victor’s Finals { 6 selections (one “nap,” one “good”) { —1 right (neither “nap” nor “good”).