12 The Management and Treatment of the Morse, 



to within two feet of the ground, and should be moveable 

 from top and bottom. The stall should be six feet six 

 inches wide, and nine feet long, the manger should be 

 nine inches deep. I prefer Carson's iron mangers, with 

 water and hay crib. I do not like hay racks, as they 

 cause a waste of hay ; another great evil is, the horse is 

 apt to get hay-seed into his eyes, and cause violent 

 inflammation. A gentleman, some years ago, came to 

 me and told me his coachman had struck his horse over 

 the eye and nearly blinded him. He was in a great 

 rage, and said the fellow had had the impudence to tell 

 him he had never touched it, aud he had discharged 

 him. fle asked me to come and look at it for him, and 

 advise what should be done. I went with him, thinking 

 there must be some mistake, as I had known his coach- 

 man for some years as a kind, good-tempered man with 

 horses. When I reached the stables I had the horse 

 brought out to the light, and with the aid of a bodkin 

 threw back the eyelid, and exposed to the view of the 

 gentleman a hay-seed firmly embedded in the eye, and 

 it was with great difficulty that I removed it. It was a 

 seed of the Bearded Darnell (Lolium Temulem). The 

 explanation was sufficient, the gentlaman apologised, 

 and went away a wiser man. The stall should be high 

 enough to prevent the horses from getting their heads 

 over, so that they cannot bite each other in play. The 

 loose box should be at least 12 feet square. I hate 

 small boxes, for if a horse rolls he cannot roll over with- 

 out getting cast. The ventilation should be as I 

 described in my last ; the ceiling should be at least 12 

 feet high, without lofts above the stables, but where they 



