CHAPTER III. 



EXPENSES. 



COST OF ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING A STABLE IN THE 



CITY, TOWN OR COUNTRY. 



That bugbear of all 

 luxuries, the item of cost, 

 forces itself into early 

 prominence in consider- 

 ing the establishment of 

 a private stable. In 

 many instances the 

 seeds of social ambition 

 are first sown in the 

 stable and are dependent upon the clippings from trades- 

 men's orders and other domestic economies for their early 

 nutriment. Even when an income is sufficient to support 

 a separate stable account, the inexperienced person, if pru- 

 dent, wishes to possess an approximate idea as to what will 

 be the extent of the demands on his purse. The expense 

 incident to the equipment and maintenance of various sized 

 stables is neither so vague nor so difficult to accurately 

 anticipate as is commonly supposed, and it is quite possible 

 for a beginner to be guided beforehand by reviewing the cost 

 of representative establishments. 



Although the majority of stable expenses are definite and 

 subject to little or no variation, there are several items which 

 fluctuate, and some of these are beyond the direct control of 



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