410 MISCELLANEOUS. 



(a quarter of a mile). On each side of this line, and an exact 

 distance of 140 yards and 2 inches from it, draw parallel lines 

 of equal length, so that the space between the two outer lines 

 will be 280 yards and 4 inches. This being done a stake should 

 be driven at each end of the center line ; a cord should be 

 fastened thereto. 



Extend the cord at right angles for 140 yards 2 inches, until 

 it touches the end of the outer line, and then describe with the 

 extreme end of the cord an outer curve or semicircle between 

 the ends of the two outer lines. 



There will be a continuous outer line, being exactly a mile 

 (1,760 yards) in length, and requiring an enclosure of forty-six 

 acres of ground. From this outer line or track set the fence of 

 the course three feet in on the straight sides and curves. In 

 this way an exact mile, as near as may be, is preserved for 

 the actual foot track of all the horses. 



The first distance post is sixty yards from the judges' stand, 

 the second at 240 yards, and the stand is sixty yards before en- 

 tering the turn. 



The track should be graded around the turn like the track 

 of a railroad or circus, the outer portion the highest, so that a 

 horse can extend himself at full speed. 



