36 THE COACH HOUSE. 



horse in or taking him out of a carriage may be performed 

 with the minimum amount of time and labor. As this part 

 of the stable work is carried on systematically in its progress- 

 ive stages the relative position of the stall room, cleaning 

 room, harness room and coach house to each other has be- 

 come under ordinary conditions a recognized plan, admit- 

 ting of no change without a sacrifice of the practical advan- 

 tages. (See Plans i and 2 shown on page 35.) The horse is 

 made ready in the stall room and is then led in front of the 

 harness and cleaning room, from either of which the harness 

 may be brought and placed on the horse ; he is then led 

 into the coach house and placed before the 

 desired carriage. When returning to the 

 stable the animal is "taken out" and is again 

 brought in front of the harness and cleaning 

 rooms ; into the latter the harness is taken, 

 and the horse is then led into the stall room. 

 By this arrangement it will be seen that the 

 horse is taken in a straight line from the 

 stall room to the coach house or vice versa, 

 and that the harness suffers no unnecessary 

 handling. Thus wear and tear and time are 

 saved at no additional expense. 



THE COACH HOUSE. 



The coach house of an average sized 

 stable should be fourteen feet or more in 

 height, and contain a surface area of about 

 seven hundred square feet. When a wash- 

 stand for carriages is included in the coach 

 FIG. 4. house, the floor area should be increased to 



