The "length" equals the length of a horse. In horse racing, the length is
actually interpreted as a unit of time equal to 0.2 second: the number of
lengths by which one horse beats another is computed as 5 times the
difference in their running times measured in seconds.
Don't know how many noses there are to a length.
Scott C
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> Behalf Of kilopascal
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 3:54 PM
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:9612] Horse Racing
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> 2000-12-07
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> I don't either, but if I remember correctly from the one or two
> times I went
> with friends to a track, it is miles and fractional miles. And I think
> furlongs too. But, I never heard feet. They do use hands for
> heights, and I
> do remember hearing the term "length" as a measure, but know how
> long it is.
> They seem to use their own units.
>
> John
>
> Keiner ist hoffnungsloser versklavt als derjenige, der sich irrtümlich
> glaubt frei zu sein.
>
> There are none more hopelessly enslaved then those who falsely
> believe they
> are free!
>
> Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Joseph B. Reid
> Sent: Thursday, 2000-12-07 15:02
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:9606] RE: Morning Edition-NPR of 2000 December 7 at
> approx. 08:30 EST
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> John wrote in USMA 9597:
>
> >Another point to make is that Americans are not really familiar
> with yards.
> >Feet is the common unit used. The only times yards are used, other than
> >football, is when something is transliterated from metres.
> Changing words
> >does not make the meaning clearer.
>
>
> I don't follow horse racing. Is it done in feet, yards,
> furlongs, or what?
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