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STEEPLECHASING. 



Twelfth and twenty -eighth fence, 5 ft. high ; ditch on 

 landing side, 4 ft. deep and 8 ft. wide ; fir. 



Thirteenth and twenty-ninth fence (Fig. 254), 5 ft. high, no 

 ditch, furze. 



Fourteenth and thirtieth fence, 5 ft. high and 4 ft. at base, 

 no ditch, furze. 



Fifteenth fence at Old Distance Post (Figs. 255 and 256), 

 5 ft. 2 in. high and 4 ft. 3 in. thick at base, with a ditch in 

 front. Top of guard rail 5 ft. 6 in. away from fence. Furze. 

 The usual guard rail in front of an open ditch (Fig. 257) gene- 

 rally slopes much more towards the fence than does this one. 

 The superstructure on the right end of this fence was formerly 

 the chair for the judge at the distance post in heat races. 



Sixteenth fence (water jump, Fig. 258). There is a hedge 

 2 ft. 6 in. high and 2 ft. broad at base, in front of the water 

 and standing about a yard back from it. The water 

 measures about 1 1 ft. across, and the whole affair is about 

 1 6 ft. wide. 



