| Back in the day, there used to be fewer greyhound | | | | Through the years, when I stick to that rule, I do |
| programs than there are now. When I started at | | | | okay. But when I hang around or come back for the |
| Lincoln, also known as Twin River before it closed | | | | next performance on the same day, I lose. Maybe it's |
| last year, there were 3 or 4 weekday programs, | | | | because I'm burnt out from handicapping the first |
| one on Friday night, two on Saturday and none on | | | | program. Or maybe it's because I get reckless |
| Sunday. Even more interesting, there were only ten | | | | because I think I'm hot stuff from picking winners all |
| races on a program. | | | | day. |
| With fewer races, it was easier to handicap a | | | | It could just be coincidence, of course. There's a lot |
| program, I think. Even if you could only get one an | | | | of that in dog racing. But I tend to think that there's |
| hour before the race went off, you still had time to | | | | a rational explanation for it. Whatever the reason, I |
| pick the races you wanted to play and handicap | | | | know it's not a rule that I want to break. I've seen it |
| them. I used to go to as many programs as I could, | | | | play out the same way for a lot of my friends too. |
| but it didn't take me long to learn a very important | | | | As a matter of fact, my friends and I were |
| rule. | | | | discussing this issue at the track the last time we |
| I never went to the evening program on Saturday, if | | | | met up there. All but one of the six people I talked |
| I made money on the matinee program. For | | | | to about it, said that it's the same for them. If they |
| whatever reason, if I did, I lost some or all of the | | | | win at the matinee, they lose on the evening |
| money I made during the day. At first, I thought it | | | | program. We agreed that, for most people, going |
| was a fluke. But after several Saturdays of losing, I | | | | home after a winning day is the smartest move they |
| realized that, for me at least, one program a day | | | | can make. |
| was enough. | | | | |