| As this title implies, this article is all about making a | | | | use in these troubled financial times, as they are |
| profit on the horse races, betting on horse races, | | | | euphemistically called by the politicians and CEOs. |
| and shirts. If you wear a shirt, or know someone | | | | When I came home without the shirt, but with a little |
| who does, if you are interested in making a profit | | | | more money than I started with, the reviews were |
| from betting on horse races, or know someone who | | | | mixed, but overall unfavorable. While a little more |
| is, then this article is definitely for you. On the other | | | | money in the till was always a crowd pleaser, the |
| hand, if you just like to have fun, this article is also | | | | loss of the cherished garment didn't go over well. |
| for you. | | | | Domestic tranquility faded in the stretch and the |
| I have been going to the horse races since the | | | | result is that I still go to the race track, but no longer |
| original chariot races in the hippodrome, so I know a | | | | have a custom made shirt maker waiting back at the |
| thing or two about hippos. But, seriously, if you want | | | | barn. |
| to make a profit on the horse races you will have to | | | | The point is that you have to get so wrapped up in |
| take it very seriously and work very hard. There are | | | | horse racing handicapping and betting that you will |
| no shortcuts to consistent profits. Along the way | | | | have to make some sacrifices along the way. If you |
| you may lose some money along with your sanity, | | | | are considering making a go of betting on horse |
| and perhaps, even a shirt or two. | | | | races, you better think about it long and hard before |
| I once had someone make me a very nice shirt. This | | | | you go down that path. While shirts, even nice ones, |
| person also did not approve of my lifestyle, i.e., going | | | | are not all that important in the grand scheme of |
| to the race track and betting on horse races. I was | | | | things, people who will make you one are not easy |
| once at the track and got so wrapped up in what I | | | | to find. Handicapping and betting are hard to do. |
| was doing, that I stripped down to my tee shirt and | | | | Most people try it and decide it is more work and |
| left the very nice, custom made, shirt on the back of | | | | sacrifice than it is worth. They have an occasional |
| a chair, never to be seen again. | | | | outing at the race track for fun and enjoy the |
| While I lost my shirt at the race track, someone else, | | | | diversion from their cares and the stress of life. They |
| shall we say, acquired my shirt at the race track, but | | | | go home with their shirts and usually manage to hang |
| then it became his or her shirt, sort of. The point is | | | | onto the shirt maker as well. It is a path that seems |
| that I was enjoying the daylights out of what I was | | | | to be quite popular. Being a professional handicapper |
| doing and got so wrapped up in it that I forgot my | | | | often means following what the poet Frost called, |
| shirt. I also forgot all my troubles and cares and | | | | "The road less traveled..." in his famous poem, "The |
| relaxed, something that many people could definitely | | | | Road Not Taken. |