CTC-- That's a pretty broad statute.

On your earlier question-- as I have said before (I went into some detail about this at the DRF Expo, and it made the DVD), I started with Ragozin, worked for him for a few years in the 70's as a kid, continued to use his data to bet and manage horses until early 1980. Clearly, my starting point was his ideas-- when I walked out of there I thought he had invented and perfected speed figures (due in no small part to Len trying to create that impression-- the blurb he uses in the Thoroughbred Times still refers to him as "the father of speed figures"). It wasn't until I had extensive conversations with Connie Merjos (first Ragozin trackman, the one who taught Len about run-ups, showed him how to do live ground and wind, publisher of the "Beard" tip sheet, etc.) that I began to learn otherwise. It was Connie who gave me the Donaldson book from the 30's, which is where he learned to make figures long before he ever met Ragozin.

But that was recently. I would have to say that I haven't picked up anything from books, which is an unfortunate trend in my life since I dropped out of college-- I would have saved myself a whole lot of time and pain if I had used knowledge others had collected rather than invent the wheel all the time.

As for the question you were answering-- my suggestion is to look at the ROTWs, which are archived on this site.



TGJB