| Show AUTOMATIC RACE STARTER NEW MEW SYSTEM ADOPTED AT INGLESIDE A SUCCESS horses got get oft off I 1 in 11 perfect alignment t description of the machin 0 and its working sun ban francisco feb 11 the automatic system of 0 starting starling was given a trial at ingleside today and tho the result ot of the trial will be noted with considerable interest by racing associations and turkmen throughout the country 1 it t t the he t teel e 0 t g riven tv e n to today d a y can be taken ai i a ati criterion t e r io n i it t Is 0 bate a fe to assert that tho the day of 0 the starter will soon boon bo be over as tho the start was an unqualified success in every particular tho the fourth race a mile handicap was selected for tho the test and ten starters were drawn up in line facing the machine the horses had scarcely been at the post sixty secondi when accords the trigger was pressed a and d they were ere sent an ay in perfect a alignment n L it was the most perfect start ever alt meshed lit in this section and elicited thunders of applause from the spectators air corrigan was warmly con upon the success of the new vent venture 0 tho the machine consists of two bonds bands of strong each about four inches in width made fast at 01 both ends to a frame which slides upward and aal away Y from the horses at an sagle angle of fat 45 degrees the lower band Is 1 about tour four lett led above the ground the upper perhaps a foot higher the frame to which the webbing Is 13 attached runs on a cable attached to a pulley policy which Is about fourteen feet higher on an a post some twelve feet beyond the starting starling p post ost the power to draw this harrier la Is supplied lie I 1 by a heavy elastic clastic band the tr frame in before being released upon its filing flying journey journey la 14 held in petition tion by it a trigger on both sides of 0 the track the connection between these triggers being a w u ire stretched across the track As soon as the horses are lined up facing the webbing which la Is perhaps about a foot away the starter pulls a lover lever which releases the triggers sends the webs fl ing instantaneously and noiselessly upward and outward and tile the horses horse sare are oft off in a line the pacific coast jockey dub club lias has inq unearthed another scheme of the dove downtown na pool rooms to obtain the ingle hide a ide results a n wire ire having been sirree run into the grounds and the information telegraphed abroad essow some m e time ago the jockey club leaned eased I 1 its own i 1 brothe w wires ires from rn the western union company compan y over which the results were sent bent last and had the grounds patrolled continuously by armed police but in spite of 0 all their precautions the poolroom men have eluded the vigilance of the track owners by re resorting morting to such methods as mentioned above commencing today the officials have decided to discontinue all telegraphic communication until they have forced the local pool rooms to the wall tills this action shuts ot off all pool rooms I 1 throughout the alio country from froin obtaining the results of the ingleside rams races starter caldwell gave an awful exhibition hibi tion of starting today his start in the third race nearly resulting in 0 a riot caldwell gave sir vassar four lengths the best of the start and left three ahree horses fullerton lass daylight and itla ida sauer standing still the two former horses were heavily played and it a large crowd gathered around the judges stand clamoring tor for bets to be called oft off tito the bets stood however in the last race hazard was left at the post three favorites favorit two second choices and one outsider won today weather line aLtun danto large first race six furlongs furlong selling purse diw 40 kamila won lovena levena C second olive third time 1111 lalli 4 second race tour four furlongs selling purse IM tor for two year olds won ingleside second lord fl flold 14 third time OM third raco race seen furlongs sellin selling purse puree 0 sir vassar won scimitar second Leam learville ville third time amli fourth race handicap hurdle race one mile over four hurdles purse 1100 st brandon randon li won mon burmah second B 11 ringer third time liboa fifth race seven furlon furlongs selling purse ferris fenis Il hartman axtman won fortuna second tenacity third time 1 2014 23 |
