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Shoemaker Beats Area ro In Unique Video Race RaceSplit Split Screen Electronic Display Spans Tracks 3000 Miles Apart ApartINGLEWOOD INGLEWOOD Calif and NEW YORK N Y April 30 Jockey Willie Shoemaker beat jockey Eddie Arcaro Sunday in a split screen electronic display for television view ¬ ers in which the horses involved raced 3000 miles apart apartShoemaker Shoemaker riding Sun Deck at Holly ¬ wood Park in California was unofficially designated the winner ovter Dan Giddings ridden by Arcaro at Jamaica JamaicaThere There was no timing of the mile and onesixteenth race and announcer Fred Capossela said merely that Sun Deck ap ¬ peared to win by five lengths There were no weights announced and although both tracks were open to spectators there was no betting either eitherThe The race a feature of the National Broadcasting Cps Wide Wide World show was run with one track on the TV screens appearing above the other The distances had been synchronized and marked off by furlongs furlongsEarlier Earlier on the show an exhibition of riding equipment was given by jockey Ted Atkinson and starter George Cassidy dem ¬ onstrated how a starting gate operates Marshall Cassidy secretary general of the Greater New York Association also ap ¬ peared on the program
