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NEW NUMBER SYSTEM FOR STARTERS. New York, October 10. An innovation at Belmont Park is a number svstem for the horses in the paddock. The new number is intended to be put on the arm of the horses attendant and shows the number of the race as well as the program number. It is given to the attendant on entering the paddock and by its use a horse may always be identified, no matter if In the paddock ahead of the race-in which he is to start The system was considered1 a nuisance by the horsemen, or rather by the attendants. "It is the custom at all of the tracks 1 visited abroad," said S. S. Howland, "and looked to be such a good thing that we. adopted it. It ought to be a great convenience to the Teneral public.5
