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Foreign Turf News Reutera ENGLAND FiftyFour Races Decided by Camera CameraThe The race finish recording camera was operated in 1947 at Newmarket Epsom Goodwood Birmingham and Doncaster In all 60 days racing producing 350 races were covered Judges called for 54 photo ¬ graphs wjiich were distributed as follows For first place 22 times including one dead heat for second place 19 times and for third place 13 times timesIn In addition they examined the negative on many occasions before announcing the distance between the placing horses horsesPicks Picks First Four in Lincoln R J Preece of Cornboro Place Bridg water Somerset has won 42000 for fore ¬ casting the first four horses in the Lincoln ¬ shire Handicap In a pool on the race raceBack Back in Racing RacingA A Metcalf whose trainers license was withdrawn by the stewards of The Jockey Club last August was present at Doncaster races He said I received a letter from Messrs Weatherby secretaries to The Jockey Club and the National Hunt Com mittee withdrawing the disqualification I can flow attend race meetings but have not applied for a license to train again againSteeplechase Steeplechase Jockey Breaks a Leg LegJack Jack Dowdeswell last seasons champion jockey under National Hunt Rules broke a leg in the fall of his mount Double Bridge in the Berrington Handicap Stee ¬ plechase at Ludlow LudlowJockeys Jockeys License Withdrawn WithdrawnThe The stewards of the National Hunt Com ¬ mittee acting on a case reported to them by the stewards of the Wincanton February meeting after hearing the evidence were satisfied that G Burry made no effort to win the Farnham Selling Hurdle race on St Toi and withdrew his jockeys license for the remainder of the season seasonAUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA Suspension Appeals Dismissed DismissedAppeals Appeals lodged on behalf of Theo Lewis trainer J Pierce owner C Winslett ap ¬ prentice jockey and the gelding Better Days against the disqualification of 12 months for alleged improper practices im ¬ posed by the Victoria Racing Club stew ¬ ards were dismissed by the Victoria Rac ¬ ing Club The disqualifications were im ¬ posed after the running of the February Handicap at Werribee near Melbourne on February 25 It was alleged that Better Days could have won if the jockey hadnt pulled his head off offAmateur Amateur Rider Turns Professional ProfessionalR R Francis one of the leading amateur riders under National Hunt Rules will in the future ride as a professional He is making satisfactory progress from a shoul ¬ der injury sustained at Cheltenham and hopes to return to the saddle very soon He will continue to ride for G Owens Cheshire Stable FRANCE FRANCEFrench French Challengers for Ascot Race RaceTwelve Twelve French horses have been entered for the Queen Alexandra Stakes the long ¬ est flat race of the English turf which takes place at Ascot on June 18 They in ¬ clude last years winner the sevenyearold Monsieur LAmiral Felix n winner of the Jockey Club Cup in 1946 Asmodee II Cadir and Timor TimorPhotoFinish PhotoFinish Apparatus for France FranceEnglish English apparatus for photographing race finishes at Auteuil the Paris steeplechase race course has arrived after a long delay caused by currency difficulties and customs formalities During the winter a high con ¬ crete tower was built opposite the winning post at Auteuil The apparatus has now been installed there by English experts and adjustments are now being made It is hoped that the photofinish will be in use Before the end of this month monthAuteuil Auteuil was until the installation of this English mechanism the only Paris race course where race finishes were not filmed It is hoped that the photofinish will be ready for the meeting on Easter Sunday March 28 when the Prix du President will be run The tower in which the camera has been installed is 46 feet high
