PHOTO-FINISH DEAD-HEATS
As 111 Australia, the plioto-finisli is to Iio tiied out in England this year. In Anierii-a in 1944 it recorded no fewer than 293 doad-heats. Tts most unusnal picture of the latest United States season was of a donbie dead-lieat in a fourhorse race 011 the Jamaica traek. Piudus -and Oniainax cvossiug the line together iirst, with the other pair, Oatmeal and Petrol Point, also exactly even; winning margin three •lengths. Incidentally, a main argument j/ut fnrward in Australia n papers in their elainouring for the photo-fniish has been that if would reduce the number of dead-heat results. On the American experienee it could have dcfmitely the opposite cffect. For example, the 293 dead-heats in 19.44 eompare strangely with the "all-time low" of one deadheat back in the pre-photofinish year of .19.19. ■ _ , . i.iUA'
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 April 1946, Page 6
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