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1 could not account for it being done in no other way 

 than by slipping on the sloping pavement. I was called 

 a short time ago to see a horse belonging to a carman, 

 which in shaking itself in the stable slipped and fell, 

 breaking both knees, one very severely ; this was 

 another victim to a false system of paving. If you go 

 into any stable that is paved with the fore part the 

 highest, you will find all the horses hang back to the 

 extent of their rack chains, or stand cross ways in their 

 stalls, to try to raise their hind feet into a natural 

 position. Go again into a stable of loose boxes that 

 have a grate in the centre of the box, and what do we 

 find ? Every horse with his fore feet in the drain or lowest 

 part of the box, while his haunches are on the highest 

 ground. These facts should be enough to convince any- 

 one that the present system is altogether wrong. 



LIGHT. 



" Stand on one side and let God's light and sunshine 

 fall upon me and my horse," are the words I should like 

 to impress upon every builder. Go through all the 

 stables in town and country and see how few have had 

 due attention for light bestowed upon them by the 

 builder. We find small windows, and not one half of 

 them will open, and where they are put they are placed 

 in the very spot to give the smallest amount of light 

 possible. Whereas the windows in every stable should 

 be large, and open from top and bottom, and should be 

 looking to the east if possible, and the horses' heads to 

 the west, so that the sun may shine into the stable as 

 soon as it rises in the morning, spreading its light into 



