54 DOORS AND STALL WINDOWS. 



passing in or out. The surface of a wooden floor soon be- 

 comes very slippery. Against the wall of this passage there 

 should be a faucet to which a hose can be attached for sup- 

 plying water to the horses and for washing out the stalls. 

 Blanket poles, pillar reins, sponge and brush racks should 

 also be provided. At one end of this passageway a section 

 the size of a stall should be fitted with shoots for fodder and 

 bedding somewhat as shown in Plans i and 2. 



DOORS. 



All doors through which the horses have to pass should 

 be free from projecting latches, etc. In width they should be 

 not less than four feet, and seven feet six inches high ; eight 

 or nine feet is preferable. 



STALL WINDOWS. 



The windows at the heads of stalls should be so arranged 

 that the horses can look out, but when thus placed some pro- 

 vision must be made either on the inside or outside to pre- 

 vent the bright sunlight from shining on the horse's eyes. 

 Low windows without curtains or hoods are especially ob- 

 jectionable in ordinary stalls, as the horses are usually so 

 fastened that it is impossible for them to avoid this injurious 

 annoyance. High windows, nine feet from the floor, are 

 better than the low ones, if no protection is afforded. The 

 writer believes a horse's mind is kept keener when he is thus 

 allowed to see passing objects than when tied against a blank 

 wall ; and his eyesight is certainly not strained as is that 

 of a horse which is taken from a dark stall into the bright 

 daylight. 



