60 STABLE MANAGEMENT. 



the partitions helping to support the roof, a window 

 should be knocked through in each. In South 

 Africa stables are usually simply a long shed with 

 a manger running down the back wall, without any 

 partitions between the standings, and the horses are 

 simply tied up to a ring in the manger with the 

 head rope. Cape horses are, however, exceedingly 

 quiet, and will stand still all day long. They never 

 seem to think of kicking or biting at each other like 

 the Indian country-bred does. 



Chicks. 



The plague of flies in the East, particularly 

 during the rains, cannot be realized in England, 

 and if not protected against them, they will almost 

 worry horses to death. For this reason the doors 

 and windows of the stable should be fitted with 

 " chicks/* or mats, made out of split bamboos or 

 reeds, with interspaces between them, which allow 

 of light and air passing through, but which will 

 keep the flies out. They are not very costly articles, 

 and add most materially to the comfort of the horse. 

 If carefully looked after, and not let flap about in 

 the wind, they will last for years with a very small 

 annual expenditure for repairs. 



