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DRIVING COMPETITIONS 



CH. XXIV 



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style of driving and the accuracy of the turns were 



mainly considered. The ground was 300 feet in 



length and 125 feet in width, so that 



the turns were portions of circles of 



about 100 feet in diameter. 



For an obstacle course, the follow- 

 ing is a good arrangement : Barrels, 

 painted a light colour, are placed (as 

 shown in Fig. 176) 8 feet apart in one 

 direction and 50 feet apart in the other, 

 the coach being driven between them 

 as shown by the dotted line. After 

 passing through the last pair of 

 barrels, a turn is made to the left 

 and the coach is driven in a straight 

 line between two rows of stakes 7 

 feet apart, the pairs of stakes cor- 

 responding to the pairs of barrels. 

 With seven pairs of barrels, the 

 whole space required for the course 

 will be about 600 feet in length by 

 120 feet in width. On a course of this length. 

 two minutes is the time allowed for driving up 

 one side and down the other, the time being taken 

 from the moment of starting at the word 'go,' 

 from a line 75 feet in advance of the first pair 

 of barrels, to crossing the same line after having 

 passed through the stakes. 



In counting the points to the credit of each com- 

 petitor, a number is adopted, for example 30 ; from 



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Fig. 176. 



