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Old 30th July 2012, 11:45 AM
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What is the definition of: "SYSTEM", ? !

I no longer use Google btw, due to their "systems", so my search engine was, "other-than-google"

I had a better result using this new system than the old google system, to define the word, "system", for this topic.

http://encyclopedia2.thefreediction...l+system+theory


OK,
but, to get a handle on the many systems out there, I used a system of history/success, past tense.
I wanted to find those who HAVE succeeded as successful punters.

My records found the root source of modern day punters dating back many years, before the use of the computer, how did they succeed, etc etc etc.

One of the best "systematologist" without the use of computers on the day seems to be:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_E._Smith_(gambler)
NOTE:
Quote:
Smith's net worth, including real estate and stocks and bonds, was $3,250,000,
Smith died at the sanitarium on February 1, 1905.

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Questions and Considerations
3 million $ from the punt in 1905 = success and/or a successful "system" ?

A:
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The book is at most state librarys,
It's little green book, not for loan in most cases, but all you need are the rules/systems or better known as maxims, contained in that book!

Racing maxims and methods of "Pittsburg Phil"

Quote:
Edward R. Cole. Racing maxims and methods of "Pittsburg Phil" (George E. Smith) : complete system as employed by the most successful speculator in the history of the American turf; condensed wisdom of twenty years' experience on the track from the only personal interviews ever given by the famous horseman. 1908. From Kentuckiana Digital Library.
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