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strong, and is securely framed and bolted to the pole behind and before 
it; while the outside is made moveable, so that the horse can be led into 
his place, poled up to the bar in front of him, and then, the outside shaft 
being fixed, he is perfectly secure. A trace on each side serves him to draw 
as usual; a strong belly-band keeps him from throwing himself down, 
and sometimes a second is buckled under the flank, which totally prevents 
that act. The addition of a strong back-band and kicking-strap will con- 
fine the most violent horse ; and when one is fixed in the way I have 
described, and the poles and shafts are of tough ash, it is quite impossible 
for any kicker to free himself. Dr. Bunting exhibited his apparatus on 
the premises of Mr. Joshua East, in Curzon Street, May Fair, in my pre- 
sence; the horse operated on being certainly the most unruly brute I ever 
saw. At each step, he kicked so strongly as to lift the wheel attached to 
the pole behind him off the ground; but, nevertheless, he was perfectly 
powerless, and soon submitted to be driven quietly by Dr. Bunting, who 
followed him up inside the circle, driving him with a long pair of reins. 
This plan is admirably calculated for breaking and exercising a large 
stableful of job horses, without the risk and expense attendant on their 
going out into the streets. Five or six may do their work at the same 
time, just as in a thrashing-machine, and the oat-bruising and chaff-cutting 
machine may be worked in this way. The worst part of the plan is, that, 
like Mr. Rarey’s, no effect is produced upon the mouth ; and though the 
horses are made to draw gently, they are not rendered handy, nor can they 
be made to draw together, as they must do when two are put alongside 
each other. Dr. Bunting’s break will not, therefore, entirely supersede 
the ordinary machine, and will be quite useless to any but the wholesale 
breaker and jobmaster, or to any large establishment where a similar 
number of harness horses are kept. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
STABLES. 
SITUATION AND ASPECT—FOUNDATIONS—SUPERFICIAL AREA AND HEIGHT REQUIRED— 
STALLS versus LOOSE BOXES—HAY CHAMBER AND GRANARY—BEST MATERIALS FOR 
WALLS, FLOORS, DOORS, AND WINDOWS—DRAINAGE AND WATER SUPPLY— VENTILATION 
AND LIGHTING—FITTINGS—HARNESS ROOM—COACH-HOUSE—SERVANTS’ ROOMS—PLANS 
OF STABLES—NECESSITY FOR AIRING NEW STABLES. 
In piscussina the various questions connected with the size, form, and 
arrangements of the stable, it must not be forgotten that we may have to 
deal with an animal whose varieties extend from the Shetland pony to the 
racehorse. A stable which suits the one, will be quite out of character 
for the other; and hence, before we begin to consider the formation of a 
stable, we should settle what variety of the horse it is intended for. 
IN ADDITION TO THE KIND OF HORSE to be accommodated, regard must 
be had to the work which is to be performed. If the horse is to be kept 
for pleasure only, and is not regularly exercised on those days when he is 
not wanted, he will, in course of time, get out of health, whatever may be 
the management indoors. Moreover, a horse so used requires a much 
greater area of stable, and more complete ventilation, even for preserving 
