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The dimensions of each pen were 9 feet by 6 feet, each hurdle being 
3 feet 6 inches high, comix)sed of a framing of deal 4 inches by Ij inches, 
the junctions being additionally secured by stout hoop-iron straps, fastened 
with 1-inch screws, the holes being countersunk. Fig. 35 shows the junction 
of the bottom rail with tbe upright, ami Fig. 36 that of the top rail-posts ; 
these are 3 inches by 3 inches, and arc driven in at the corners, which gives 
great strength. Fig. 37 shows the bolt connecting two hurdles, the ]^)osition 
Fig. 37. — Connection between two Hurdles. 
of the post, as well as the broader division between two pens. A is the top of 
the corner-post ; b the boarded division between two pens ; cc the top-rails ; 
DD the uprights; e the bolt with screw-heads for fastening two hurdles; 
a similar bolt is used at the bottom. 
Upright iron rods, ^ of an inch in diameter, are fixed between the rails, 
3 inches apart from centre to centre, having a supporting-bar in the centre 
Fig. 38. — Fastening of the Hurdle-gate. 
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through which they pass. This completes the ordinary 6-feet hurdle ; but where 
<a gate is introduced, the clapping-post is a j-inch rod, replacing the ordinary 
wirej and the hanging-post, of similar thickness, is allowed to revolve. The 
