[chris]

Bill,

I suspect you're a sensitive person and the comments on PA may have struck you as arbitrary and harsh. I'm sure you're aware that PA began as an interesting cite and was one of the first bulletin boards on the webb for handicappers to exchange views. Unfortunately, with few exceptions, it's degenerated into a forum spiced by posturing, strutting, and bombastic rhetoric about everything except handicapping. A real shame, I used to find some gems over their.

Neverthess, you're to be commended for your efforts, but more important, acknowledged for defining the tenor of discourse on this board; less opinion, more fact and examples, and always in a gentle and soft voice. That goes for your co-conspirator as well, and for all the others that post here - we might be on to something.

Understand the desire to spread the good word. When approached at the track, depending on how the question was asked, was more than willing to discuss my understanding of the Sartin Methodology. May have enlightened a few, but probably confused many more. The elegance of explaining a methodology to someone is that it forces one to distill the the message into its essential essence - attention spans at the track are not long. And the essence of those few words will always be there when I need them. It's a form of self talk, practiced in a public arena.

Thanks for a Pace n Cap.

Regards,
Chris