GRAND NATIONAL FENCES. 



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All the obstacles, except the water jump, have guard rails 

 varying in height from 2 ft. to 2 ft. 6 in. When there is a 

 ditch on the taking off side, the rail is naturally placed in 

 front of the ditch ; but when there is no ditch on that side, 

 the rail is put against the fence, to strengthen it. There 

 is a white flag on the right of each fence, and a red one on 



Fig. 258. and and i8th Fence (landing side) after the race. 



the left. Above each of the flags at Beecher's Brook, there 

 is a white flag bearing the letter B. At Valentine's Brook, 

 the flags which are above the others, have a V on them. 



The following details of the fences are from notes and 

 measurements which I took during the Liverpool meeting in 

 March, 1900. In them, I shall use the words "furze" or 

 " fir," according to the nature of the twigs with which the 

 respective hedges were built up. 



