744 Report on the Exhibition of Implements, 
gate-bars terminate both above and below in 2 -inch rails. The middle-bar 
being extended, and coming above the middle-bar of the fence, affords the 
means for fastening with a pin and short chain. This wiU be understood by 
Fig. 38. 
The effect of this very excellent arrangement will be seen at a glance by the 
subjoined isometrical view of the hurdles as fixed (Fig. 39). 
Fig. 39. — Isometric View of the Hurdles as fixed. 
The price given in the Catalogue is from Is. 8d. a yard. I conclude that 
this represents the cost of the ordinary hurdle without gate — the gates, bolts, 
&c., being additional. 
• 
I have briefly alluded to the portable railway and train ser- 
vice of Messrs. John Fowler and Co., of Leeds, which did much 
useful work in conveying visitors from one end of the Showyard 
to the other. Some further details as to this valuable invention 
will not be out of place. The apparatus was originally in- 
vented and patented by M. Decauville, of Petit-Bourg, France. 
JNIessrs. I*\jwler, in undertaking the English trade, have greatly 
improved the details. The principle which pervades the system, 
and gives it distinctive features, is the distribution of the load 
on a number of small light waggons (each vehicle seldom 
carrying more than half a ton). This Jillows of the use of a 
light rail, so that the lengths of rails are easily moved about. 
The sleepers, placed 3 feet G inches apart, are made of cor- 
rugated steel. The attachment between the rails and sleepers is' 
efTected by a coupling-bolt, which makes a very strong con- 
nection, and ensures rigidity of gauge. i\o more thorough 
