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TALES OF THE TURF. 



when the commencement of the turn was reached two feet 

 of the outside elevation would be gained. From that 

 point the grade could be increased to one foot in each 

 forty-four-foot station, until the required outside elevation 

 was reached. This "throwing up" of the turns should 

 be commenced on both stretches for both turns and 

 worked towards the apex of each. 



For draining purposes it is well to have the outside 

 of the stretches somewhat higher than at the pole — say 



Detail Fig. 6 — For Surveyors, Showing Chords and Sub-ordinates to Fig. 1, 

 tor the Purpose of Assisting in Turning Curves {Regulation Mile Track). 



one foot. Two feet»inside the pole fence there should 

 be a ditch at least a foot wide and the same in depth, 

 to receive the drainage; and at intervals of twenty-five 

 feet, or oftener if required by wet spots, there should 

 be small gutters from the inside edge of the track to the 

 ditch. These gutters must be shallow, especially on the 

 turns, to avoid carrying the water off too rapidly, and 



