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fact that a horse may be kept in such a 

 stable, weeks and months, without injury. 



As ordinarily kept, a horse must be 

 taken out and exercised at stated periods, 

 or he will suffer. But he may be abso- 

 lutely confined to such a stable without be- 

 ing taken out at all, especially if kept in a 

 box, and he will suffer no harm. He will 

 not get stiff, his legs will not ''stock," nor 

 will he lose his appetite. He will remain 

 perfectly well. I have seen this done so 

 often, in the last two years, that I cannot 

 be too positive about it. And this means 

 a good deal in long storms and inclement 

 weather of any kind. 



To illustrate this, I will say, that during 

 the last two years I have seen a fine Ken- 

 tucky saddle horse so stiffened in the 



