Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.insight From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: CORRESPONDENCE Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 13:30:17 EST Message-ID: \SE CORRESPONDENCE \HD The Goal of Handicapping Is to Pick a Winner I enjoyed Richard Starr's piece revealing that reporters who make analogies between political campaigns and horse racing know little or nothing about horse racing [The Last Word, Oct. 26]. While I know almost nothing about the racing terms, I think the most important thing is something Starr missed - to recognize a winner from a nag. Gerald Schneider Kensington, Md. Write: Insight, Correspondence Editor, 3600 New York Ave. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002. Fax: (202) 529-2484. Please include an address and a daytime phone number. Letters may be edited for space. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM