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His views of taking care of horses are, 

 However, entirely from tHe standpoint of 

 the horseman^ and in otHer parts of His 

 book I notice that he does not always 

 carry His deductions from the observed 

 facts to their logical conclusions. In his 

 chapter on the construction of stables, he 

 falls into the common error of thinking 

 and acting as if the horse might be injured 

 by too much fresh air, and therefore, in 

 many places, gives directions about wrap- 

 ping him up and regulating the amount 

 of ventilation permissable. 



Not fully appreciating the physiological 

 principles involved that should govern in 

 this matter, he is prone to be misled by 

 his own subjectivities, and perhaps an 

 unconscious traditional bias, and therefore 



