CH. XXIV 



DRIVING COMPETITIONS 



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this number are deducted two points for each barrel 

 or stake touched, and one point for each 15 seconds, 

 or part thereof, above the two minutes ; for each 

 15 seconds, or part thereof, less than the two min- 

 utes, one point is added. Four points are deducted 

 for going outside of a barrel or stake, and four 

 points are deducted should a groom touch the 

 horses. 



The following is the form in which the judges' 

 card may be made : — 



In this example, competitor D having the greatest 

 number of points to his credit, is the winner. 



The foregoing are the Rules for the Driving Com- 

 petitions at The Ranelagh Club, London. There, 

 after passing through the barrels, the turn is made 

 to the right in accordance with the English custom 

 of driving on the left-hand side of the road. 



At one of the Open-Air Horse-Shows in New 

 York, a pen of hurdles was arranged as in Fig. 177. 



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