17th May 2005, 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by jfc
Fed up with trying to find a proper definition for length I trespassed onto a racetrack and measured the markings on the finish line rails.
Ken Callender once waffled on about how meticulous the false rail track re-measurement is, so I figure that it's relatively easy to get the length markings right.
Given that the metric system is relatively recent, maybe that marking was really 10 feet instead of 3 metres (which is only 9.84 feet).
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JFC, as I mentioned I use 2.75m as a standard measurement of a horse, but
according to the US Horserace Breeders Association it is 2.74m.
Mordin and others state that approx 6 lengths equals one second, which equates to a horse length of approx 2.75m. If horses were 3m in length then that only equates to 5.5 lengths per second, which I don't think is right at all. |