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which it is unnecessary here to make further allusion, but which 

 we may hope, if the case be not hopeless, will bear fruit in due 

 (racing) season. 



To return to the question of the trainer and his establish- 

 ment, we have thought it w^ell to give plans and drawings of 

 some training stables, and have selected, as being exceptionally 

 well arranged, the buildings at Chetwynd House, Newmarket,^ 

 in the occupation of Mr. R. Sherrard, erected in 1884 by Mr. 

 Wm. C. Manning. An explanation of the drawings is subjoined : 



The main block of stabling forms three sides of a square, the 

 remaining side being occupied by the trainer's residence, from 

 which a complete view of the yard can be obtained. There is a 

 gateway from the garden which affords direct access to the stables. 



At the end of the wing nearest the trainer's gate is a drying- 

 room and mash-house, the former of which is fitted with rails 

 working on pulleys which are provided for the damp horse 

 clothing. The other fittings in this room comprise two coppers, 

 a saddle-room stove situated in the middle of room with smoke 

 pipe leading to flue, and boys' washing basins ; adjoining is a 

 saddle-room with fittings complete. Above these two rooms are 

 boys' bedrooms. 



Stables. — On the ground plan in this wing are nine loose boxes 

 of the following dimensions, each 18 feet long, 11 feet 2 inches 

 wide, and about 15 feet high. This wing is completed by a six- 

 stall stable, in which corn shoot is fixed to deliver from granary 

 above. The central side comprises fourteen loose boxes each 

 measuring 18 feet long, 10 feet 10 inches wide, and 12 feet high. 

 The boxes are divided by the entrance block. The remaining 

 wing differs only from the other in having a boys' sitting-room 

 corresponding with the drying-room in opposite wing. There are 

 internal communicating doors throughout the whole length of 

 building which, when closed, can only be opened by a master key. 



Loose box fittings. — The boxes are fitted with slate mangers to 

 full width of the box, with knee-boarding from the oak chintree to 

 floor. The walls are lined internally with boarding 6 feet high ; 

 all the internal woodwork is protected by hoop iron. The floors 

 are paved with brick on edge, laid in herring-bone pattern on 

 cement concrete. The surface of the floor is a perfectly horizontal 



^ These stables have not been occupied by Mr. Sherrard since 1889. 



