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time and inconvenience ; and it is particularly adapted 

 for saddlers' shops, for shewing saddles off to the best 

 and safest advantage, a model of which may be seen 

 at the writer's establishment, supporting the "original 

 self-coloured saddle," as exhibited by him at the Bir- 

 mingham Horse Show in 1871-72. 



It may be well to give a few general instructions with 

 reference to the selection of fittings for the stable. In the 

 first place, the author would remark that owing to the per- 

 fection to which iron fittings are now brought, they are 

 certainly the best. They are made with the mash trough, 

 &c., enamelled inside, so that it can be kept as clean as a 

 china basin, the iron fittings being almost indestructible 

 wake really durable work, while neither the kicking nor 

 biting of vicious horses can have the least effect on them. 

 The crib biter is also deprived of his solitary enjoyment, as 

 with properly formed iron work he cannot lay hold of it 

 with his teeth. A great difference of opinion seems to exist 

 with reference to the suitability of stalls and loose boxes 

 for general use, and it would be impossible to lay down 

 an universal rule applicable in all cases, but it will be 

 sufficient to say that there is no place where the tired 

 hunter so soon recovers his wonted energies as in a com- 

 fortable box. This is not at all times available, as owing 

 to limited space in stables, especially in towns, it is found 

 difficult to accomodate the requisite number of horses 

 in boxes. 



The length of a stable, divided into 1 2 feet spaces, 

 will show the number of loose boxes that can be put in 

 it, while if divided into 6 feet spaces it will show about 

 the number of stalls that can be erected. 



In dividing the stable into stalls, the use of open 

 railing between the horses is strongly recommended they 



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