Allusion to Bacon By Steve Ellison
Similar to the Chair’s admonishment that only the house can grind, Bacon in “Secrets of Professional Turf Betting” compared speculation and the grinding out of consistent profits to a pair of attractive sisters, either of whom might suit a man’s fancy, but one sister was married. Bacon explained that the grinding out of consistent profits was already spoken for by the track operators, leaving speculation as the only feasible route to success.