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CLAY PUETT GATE MAKES HIT HITNew New Starting Device Closed Fore Foreand and Aft Works to Perfection Perfectionat at Canadian Track VANCOUVER B C July 13 Clay Puetts new starting gate introduced to organized racing for the first time at Lansdowne last Saturday is being hailed by horsemen as the greatest and most beneficial contribution to the turf since the advent of the totalisator The new gate has narrower stalls than the ordinary gate with a V shaped tubular gate in front and a backstop at the rear The gate operates electrically from individual buttons as well as the master control The individual buttons are controlled so that any one gate can be opened independently of the others if necessary necessaryThe The new gate has already won the ap ¬ proval of the racegoing public as well as owners trainers jockeys and officials First there are no more delays at the post Even western Canadabreds noted for their bad actions at the gate because of insufficient schooling were dispatched immediately without any delay whatsoever whatsoeverSecondly Secondly no longer is it necessary for any groundsman to have a horse by the head when the start is made Every horse gets an equal chance chancePRAISE PRAISE GATE GATEElmer Elmer OConnell prominent California owner and trainer now racing at Lansdowne says saysFor For thirty years Ive been to the races and this is the biggest single improvement Ive ever seen in the business including the photofinish machines machinesFrank Frank Beban prominent lumberman and local owner Its the greatest thing that has happened to racing Sahara Chief has always been a handful at the gate but in this new machine he behaves like a gentleman and saves all that energy energyJack Jack Patterson turf reporter for the Van ¬ couver Sun says saysSuch Such a thing as a bad post horse will soon be a thing of the past Racing men offi ¬ cials and fans alike are agreed after having watched Clay Puetts new gate in operation operationNot Not a hitch has occurred during three days trial In race after race starts have come immediately after all the horses were in their respective stalls Large and small fields are being dispatched without the swerving or bumping that often occurred from the open stalls stallsBIG BIG IMPROVEMENT IMPROVEMENTJohnny Johnny Park Vancouver Province puts it thusly Puetts electric starting gate is equally as great an improvement in getting horses away from the post as the photo finish is over the old system of placing the horses with the naked eye It was acclaimed by the entire crowd A twostall model of Mr Puetts latest in ¬ vention was tried out at Hollywood Park a week or so before the start of the present meeting It was in Los Angeles during the spring that he designed the gate took out patent papers and built his model The gate is revolutionary in principle and according to everyone who inspected the model and observed its working at Hollywood Park it promises to supplant all other types of gates as the improvements make for surety and precision in starting such as has never be ¬ fore even been dreamed of
