NEW STARTING BARRIER.
AN AMERICAN INVENTION. (United Service.) LONDON, October 3. "Sporting Life" describes a new racecourse barrier, the invention of an American trainer, J. W. May. It promises to eliminate ragged and unequal starts. The device is a stall-gate. The horses are placed in the stalls before the barrier, but immediately the barrier is lifted the stalls disappear into the ground. The fielcf not only starts aligned but pushing, twisting, and turning is eliminated. It is practically impossible for horses to be left at the post. Twenty horses can be started on a 50ft track. It is only necessary for the horses to be taught to stand in the stalls. These are made of the finest steel, half an inch thick. One lever controls the barrier and the stalls.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 235, 4 October 1928, Page 7
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130NEW STARTING BARRIER. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 235, 4 October 1928, Page 7
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