THE STARTING OF RACES.
To the Jdditor of the Globe. SiE,—Having seen Mr McGeorge start a good many largo fields of horses at Newmarket and Epsom, I venture to offer a suggestion to the starter of the C.J.0., which I think would produce bettor starts than wo saw to-day. Instead of standing in front of his horses, and starting them at a stand he should take them fifty yards behind the starting post and walk beside them to it and then drop his flag, when they are in line. By this way of starting all the horses have their heads the right way, and he can easily chock and order back any jockey attempting to get in front. Horses do not start well when asked to stand still and dropping the flag in front of them is always liable to make them whip round and be left at the post. Yours, Ac., A.B. November 11th, 1879.
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Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1787, 12 November 1879, Page 2
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