206 ON THE RACE COURSE. 



there should be two distance posts ; the first of these 

 posts is to be erected two hundred and forty yards 

 from the winning-post — the second a hundred and 

 twenty from it. The fiist of these posts is the distance- 

 post, when the horses are running four miles ; the second, 

 when they are running two miles. 



Attached close to, and in the rear of the winning- 

 post, should be a small wooden stand, erected for the 

 judge to stand in to decide which horse comes first in 

 the race. There should be to each of the distance 

 posts a similar but a more temporary sort of stand. 

 Each of these temporaiy stands may be made by put- 

 ting two posts at a suitable distance in the rear of each 

 distance-post, with a piece of board in the centre; but 

 this board at each of these posts should be two or three 

 feet higher than the floor of the judge's stand, so that 

 the man in the distance stand may clearly see the win- 

 ning-post, and be ready to drop the distance-flag imme- 

 diately with that at the winning-post. 



The stand, or as it is sometimes called, the grand stand, 

 which is erected for the accommodation of the spectators, 

 is generally placed on the right of the course. The 

 under part may be conveniently arranged for the vend- 

 ing of refreshments. It should be built at a distance 

 of from twenty to five and twenty yards in the rear of 

 the rails of the course. The end of this stand need 

 not be in a direct line with the winning post, but may 

 come within about ten yards of it. The height and 

 dimensions of such stand must, of course, depend very 



