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FRENCH ELECTRIC TIMING DEVICE Tile French racing authorities have adopted an apparatus which by electricity registers automatically the speed at which races are run. The indicator marks each quarter mile separately. Something of the same sort would be a great help to American racing. Timing: all around pri our course is individual and often most carelessly done. Some of the records of American distances are known to be incorrect. France takes- speed in racing seriously. So does this country. It deserves to be taken seriously as the basis of worth in the horse and the foundation of handicapping.
