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for that matter, any other part of the stable. Frequently the wash is without 

 covering, but this does not seem to be the best treatment. It may be made 



with open sides and roofed over after 

 the manner of a porch, but even this 

 has its disadvantages in cold weather. 

 It should be well lighted and ventilated, 

 and the floor made of asphalt, sloping 

 toward a central drain. Sponge and 

 chamois racks should be provided. 



The walls of the harness room 

 should be sheathed and the room pro- 

 vided with either fireplace or stove for 

 use in damp weather. Harness cases 

 should be used only for storage; har- 

 nesses in use should be hung on wooden 

 brackets, viz., reins, bridle, saddle and 

 collar brackets. Besides these the 

 saddle tree and whip rack will be found 

 necessary. All these fittings may be 

 had of the saddler. 



Although harnesses are usually 

 cleaned in the harness room, it is better 

 on account of dampness that a separate 

 and well-lighted and ventilated room be 

 provided for this purpose. This is best 

 located between the harness room and 

 the wash stand used for horses, as the 

 horse led at once to the latter can be 

 easily relieved of his trappings, which 

 then move by the shortest route through 

 the process of cleaning to their final 

 disposition in the harness room. The 

 cleaning room should be fitted with 

 wash sinks, suspended harness hooks, 

 harness pegs, shelves, wringers, sponges 

 and chamois racks. 



The ordinary stall should be about 9x5} feet, with vertical sheathed side 

 partitions about 4^ feet high, surmounted by an iron screen 2 feet high. This 

 screen is best constructed of perpendicular bars. 



The box stall should be about 10x12 feet, provided with doors sliding 

 laterally or swinging outward. The box stall reserved as a sick stall should be 

 about 12 x 16 feet, and so arranged as to be entirely shut off from the other stalls. 

 It is probably unnecessary to state that the place for the manger is in the 

 left and that of the hayrack in the right hand corner, but for him who would 

 tie up a horse by the tail this would be information. The quarter-round metal 

 manger seems to be the accepted type; it is simple, clean and convenient. It is 



Stable at Overbrook, Pa. Cost about $12,000. Win. L. 

 Price, architect 



