race meeting

A certain day or days appointed for the holding of races at a certain place. race-saddle, s. grapes. racemic-acid, s. CH(HO)-CO2H Para tartaric acid. An Chem.: CH(HO)-CO2H acid found with tartaric acid in the mother liquor of the argol obtained from the grapes of the Upper Rhine and the Vosges, and most readily prepared by heating tartaric acid with one-tenth of its weight of water to 170°-180°, in sealed tubes. It forms rhombic prisms, le soluble in water than ordinary tartaric acid. Racemic acid exerts no action on polarized light, as it is a compound of dextro tartaric and lævotartaric acids in equal quantities. racemic-ether, s. racemic-acid, CH(CH3) O6, is prepared in a similar way. It crystallizes in colorle rectangular prisms, easily soluble in water and alcohol, and slightly in ether.