***** Gate For Trackmen William Moore (front, left) of Louisville, Kentucky, vice-president of the Kentucky AAU, and Wood Hardin, of ***** Albany, Indiana, Kentucky AAU' president, kneel in starting position as they demonstrate a new-type starting gate for runners at the annual convention of the Amateur Athletic Union at the Hotel Astor, New York, Dec. 3. The gate, similar to the starting gates used in horse racing, is designed to eliminate flase starts. Runners lean against straps which swing upward when start is given by a tripping mechanism which also fires a gun at the top as a timer's signal. December 22, 1948. (Photo by AP Photo).