HORSE RACES

Marlborough Express, Volume LIV, Issue 126, 31 May 1920, Page 3

HORSE RACES

PHOTOGRAPHING THE FINISH. At the annual meeting of the Canterbury Jockey Club, Mr H. P. Bridge remarked that on occasions there had been dissatisfaction over the placing of first, second, and third horses. He wondered if 'instantaneous photography could not bo taken of the finishes of races. From photographs which he had seen in illustrated papers he considered that this was practicable, and a judce would bo fortified in his decisions if lie had photographs of the results of races.

A member remarked that there would be no difficulty in that, but the^ public would not like to be , kept waiting for a quarter of an hour until the photographic plate was developed in the case of a close finish. Mr Bridge: "The public would have an interest in a true decision, and tho time lost would not matter much." It was agreed to submit the recommendation to the committee.