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VALUE OF FILM PATROL AT HOLLYWOOD SHOWN SHOWNFive Five Incidents Demonstrating Usefulness of Movie Record for Clean Racing Pointed Out OutINGLEWOOD INGLEWOOD Calif June 26 As a third eye for the stewards the Film Patrol which makes a onovie record of every race run at Hollywood Park already has demonstrated its racingThis value as an influence for clean racing This is the statement of Sam C Nuckols presiding steward at Hollywood Park after viewing the natural color flickers of the first three weeks racing He added addedThe The Film Patrol corroborates what the stewards see leaving nothing to the imagi ¬ nation While it is still in the experimental stage we are convinced of its great useful ¬ ness nessFive Five incidents have served to give the Film Patrol the Prussic Acid test They were wereMadie Madie Greenock ran into the inside rail shortly after the start unseating jockey Eugenic Rodriguez The question questionWas Was Madie bumped or jammed into the rail railThe The Film Patrol answered it Madie shy ¬ ing from the whip shied against the rail No horse was near her Rodriguez landed atop the rail and skidded ten feet lucky to escape injury injuryPicture Picture Play shied at a shadow soon after the start almost unseated jockey Jackie Westrope From the grandstand it was im ¬ possible for the spectator to determine what had happened The pictures showed Picture Play in front suddenly leaped sideways The horse went down to his knees as West rope bounced Picture Play then went down to his haunches while others in the field sidestepped Westrope managed to stay on onPICTURES PICTURES SHOW CROWDING CROWDINGWestrope Westrope was the chief actor in another thrilling drama As the field went into the first turn Legend Call a longstriding horse stepped on the heels of Soul of Wit Thou ¬ sands saw this but no two agreed as to what happened The pictures were run off in the stewards room the next morning They showed that Legend Gall was in close quarters that when Westrope tried to take back his horse stepped on Soul of Wit Jackie was shown flying in the air coming down sideways on the saddle and falling off with three horses passing over him himNo No one was to blame ruled the stewards stewardsSpeedway Speedway stumbled and unseated jockey Arlin Bassett soon after the start The pic ¬ tures showed Speedway was roughed around in a scramble such as often occurs when a large field of green twoyearolds clash clashThe The clincher was the Red Jewel race of last Friday A colt notorious for bearing out Red Jewel was on top all the way but in the final stages Buckhorn Creek came up alongside Red Jewel and a terrific stretch duel followed In a photo Red Jewel got the nod but jockey Longden on Buckhorn Greek claimed a foul and it was allowed Neves was in a spot The film patrol ex ¬ onerated him himAfter After viewing the cinema evidence the stewards issued this statement The race previous Red Jewel attempted to run out badly and other jockeys who rode him con ¬ firmed the evidence provided by the films that Neves was doing all in his power to keep him in inIn In other words while there was a foul it was not deliberate and Neves was blameless
