Jumping The Timer. New York, N.Y. -- The device at the left of this picture, taken today during the running of the first race at Belmont Park, starts the clock to time the race. The race is not timed from the moment the horses break, but from the time they pass before the photo-electric cell of this instrument. Thus the horses are allowed to get under way, or jump the clock, before the official timing starts.

Wide World Photos, Inc. · [ca. September 1941]

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