Hints on Colt-Bi' caking. 75 



This ring may be made of the roughest 

 material, and need not be so beautifully 

 round as I have drawn it with the aid 

 of a pair of compasses. It should be a 

 hundred yards in circumference, so that 

 the horse may not come too suddenly 

 upon the jumps, and should be laid 

 deeply with tan. 



The outer circle should consist of posts 

 and rails, five and a half feet high, or 

 six feet is still better ; the inner, four 

 feet high, eight feet distant from the 

 first. 



A is a gateway, to let you in with the 

 horse. 



At B you will notice the ring is 

 narrowed by a slanting bar running to 



