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TALES OF THE TURF. 



itjes will not affect the result) the wire should be raised 

 at both ends so as to make it level. The oftener these 

 radii are struck the easier it is to form a true curve. 

 It is not necessary to observe any stated distances between 

 the points on the curve. You cannot go wrong, for the 

 end of the wire will always be at the turn; therefore if 

 some obstruction exists, skip it and stretch the wire at 

 shorter or longer distances apart at that particular place. 

 For a half-mile track the wire will be two hundred and 



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Detail Fig. i—For Engineers. Showing Chords and Sub-ordinates to Fig I. 

 {Regulation Mile Track). 



ten feet one and one-sixteenth inch (210.08 feet) long, 

 and the method is, of course, the same. A wire is better 

 than a rope or cord, as the latter will stretch. 



The foregoing gives the true mile or half-mile line. 

 Set the fence just three feet inside this line, on both the 

 turns and stretches (see dotted lines in illustrations, figs. 

 1 and 2), and a regulation mile or half-mile track is the 

 result. 



