Newbie questions Regarding howto.pdf

[sconce]

Just examining howto.pdf, I am baffled by the following:

On page two, dirt figures are mentioned.  I observed that an exponent of one automatically makes a figure irrational and appends 1/4 (one quarter) to it.  An exponent of two doubles this fraction and makes it one-half.

ie. [25^1] seems to imply [25 1/4], [25^2] seems to imply [25 1/2], etc...

I really fail to understand the significance of this completely.  I would just as well confuse this with 10 furlongs being 1 1/4 miles or something...

25 has no real significance as a figure in this example, I assume.  I really have not gotten a good picture of what previous weights as figures are yet.

Races 5 1/2 furlongs to 6 are not significant and are not represented by any typeface?

WTF is ITM%?

\"1 point = ~1 length at 5 furlongs increasingly to 2 lengths at 1 1/4 miles\" - wouldn\'t this be easier to express as a range, or am I missing the concept?

Please comment, thanks...

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Post Edited (09-22-04 23:44)

[bdhsheets]

\"ie. [25^1] seems to imply [25 1/4], [25^2] seems to imply [25 1/2], etc...\"

Doesn\'t imply anything, it is exactly that. If you make all of them whole nuumbers there would be large unseen differences between horses. i.e. 24 vs 25=1 length, that same 24 vs 25^3 is 1.75 L in a sprint [weights being =]; 24^3 vs 25 is only a quater pt vs a whole length using whole numbers.

There are differences in type faces, but are difficult to differentiate. One has to look at the pp lines included for the last ten races to make certain.

\"WTF is ITM%?\"

Awwww come on, surely you jest....! If you don\'t know what in the money percentage is, you need to read a reasonable handicapping book or two......

It is a range.

Beyer and BRIS figs also represent different things as the distances change, so it shouldn\'t be cause for consternation.



Post Edited (09-23-04 01:58)