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)

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