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Picture No 10216064
Date 1923
Description Registering the finish of a horse race by photograph
Details

A photograph of how the finish of a horse race is photographed. In order to terminate any dispute about the winner in a race, the first horse breaks a tight wire operating the apparatus. Automatically the photographic plate is then impressed. This picture was taken at a French race course where the equipment was being tested.
Source The Illustrated London News. 28th July 1923, page 115
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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