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early, so as gradually to form and enlarge the sweep 

 the whole of the way round as much as possible. 

 Making a turn in this way will not only be much safer, 

 and prevent disputes, but it will be giving a more 

 equal chance to the very light weights, who are many 

 of them boys, and who are not so experienced in 

 running for a sharp turn, as some of the older jockeys. 

 An experienced jockey coming well placed to a turn, 

 and having the whip hand, would not, perhaps, feel 

 much delicacy, when in rimning for it, to lay a young 

 inexperienced jockey boy a little out of his ground 

 here, the old one knowing that half a length got here, 

 is worth two or three in straight running. 



I believe, on all courses, there is generally plenty of 

 room for any reasonable number of horses to run 

 abreast ; but in the running between the rails, as we 

 here form the breadth ourselves, we should take care 

 to have a clear space between them of twenty-five 

 yards. These rails, on each side the course, should 

 commence at least a quarter of a mile below the 

 winning-post, and should be continued two or three 

 hundred yards beyond it. Indeed, the further the rails 

 are continued on all courses, the better. 



At such racing meetings as are numerously attended 

 by spectators, there is generally a space of ground of 

 about ten or a dozen yards in width, and about one 

 hundred or two in length, railed in on the right and 

 left of the course for people on foot. This is a very 

 good plan, as it protects them from the horsemen and 

 carriages. In coming in on the right of the course. 



