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NZ Truth, Issue 1173, 24 May 1928, Page 11

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What the Winner of the Great Northern Steeples Has To Do

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Representative.) MO Jumping event In the Dominion creates more Interest than the ** Great Northern Steeplechase. ■ If proof of this is needed one has only to gaze at the hundreds which can be seen on every vantage point outside the course itself, these hundreds including many non-supporters of racing and who probably, have never been on a race-course. It is absolutely amazing to note the vast crowd which line tha fence on the top of the hill m Lady's Mile. In all, there are 25 obstacles to be negotiated m the Great Northern Steeplechase, which is run over a course described as being about three miles and three-quarters, though it is possibly, a shade over the actual distance mentioned. It is that competitors have to negotiate the hill throe times which appeals mostly to enthusiasts, and this year spectators will have a much clearer view than formerly, for all the trees on the grandstand side of the hill have been removed. Hero are the jumps m order as they have to be cleared: Ist— Hurdle, 3ft. 6in. 14th— Same as fifth. 2nd — Brush hurdle, 3ft. 10in. 15th — Same as sixth. 3 r{ j — pp S t and rail fence, 3ft. Bin., 16th — Brush fence, 3ft. 10in. (first with hedge at back, 4ft. 6in. of double). t 4th— Post and rail fence, 3ft. Bin., 17th— Post and rail, 3ft. 71m., with with^llve hedge at back, 4ft. hedge on take-oif side 4!n. (second of double). sth— Stone wall, with turf on top, 18th — Sama as eighth. 3ft. Bin. 19th — Same as ninth. 6th — Sod bank, 3ft- 71n., with live 20th — Same as first and tenth. hedge on take-off side. . 21st — Same as second and eleventh. 7th— Water Jump, 10ft. wide, with 22nd— Same as third and twelfth, live hedge m front, 4ft. high; 1 23rd— Same as fourth and thlr--Bth—Stone wall, 3ft. Bin., with turf teenth. on top and faced with palings. 24th — Same as fifth and four--9th — Brush wattle fence, 3ft. 10in. teenth. 10th— Same as first. 25th— Brush hurdle In straight, 11th— Same as second. 3ft. Bln., close 9 on a fur12th—Same as third. long and a-half from the 13th — Same as fourth. winning post. The two fences on the hill are the third and fourth, twelfth and thirteenth, and twenty-second and twenty-third. Otiif ■■iiiiitiiiiitiliiltliiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiitittiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiTiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiitiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiuitiiiiiirittiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiitiiitiniiiiitiiiiiiiiiitiMiifiitiiiiiitii

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