NEW STARTING SYSTEM A SUCCESS
! Received Sunday, 7.15 p.m. J 8YDNEV, March 17. Starting boxes wcre so successful K ; the Canterbury Pa'rk Racing Club's i meeting yester'day, where the.v were j used for the first time in Australia, tlia' ! ihe Sydne'y • Turf Club intends installing I tliem at ali starting points. Australian | jockey club ofticials are interested, but the (ihairtnan said that he wanted to see the new starting system in action niauy more times before , he would | recommend its introduction at - Rand i wick. j The new- system differs from that | used in America in that, instead of the . ! closed doors in front, l>oxes in Australian stal'ls *a-re opeti at front aud horses are kept in pofition by a six straud barrier. The starter -and leading jockeys are completely "satislied that the innol vation is a forward step-. j At the same meeting another innova
tion received its first test when the magie eye camera decided its first racc in Australia. Tlie photographs were in Ihe judge's ' hands within two niinutes after the finislies.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 March 1946, Page 7
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