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Tenth and twenty-sixth fence, 4 ft. 9 in. high on taking off 

 side, and 5 ft. 4 in. on landing side, no ditch, fir. 



Eleventh and twenty-seventh fence, 4 ft. 6 in. high ; ditch in 

 front 3 ft. deep and 5 ft. wide ; furze. 



Twelfth and twenty-eighth fence, 5 ft. high ; ditch on 

 landing side, 4 ft. deep and 8 ft. wide ; fir. 



Thirteenth and twenty-ninth fence (Fig. 251), 5 ft. high, no 

 ditch, furze. 



Fig. 260. 8th and 24th Fence (taking off side) after race. 



Fourteenth and thirtieth fence, 5 ft. high and 4 ft. at base, 

 no ditch, furze. 



Fifteenth fence at Old Distance Post (Figs. 252 and 253), 

 5 ft. 2 in. high and 4 ft. 3 in. thick at base, with a ditch in 

 front. Top of guard rail 5 ft. 6 in. away from fence. Furze. 

 The usual guard rail in front of an open ditch (Fig. 254) gene- 

 rally slopes much more towards the fence than does this one. 

 The superstructure on the right end of this fence was formerly 

 the chair for the judge at the distance post in heat races. 



