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storage might be provided for in the adjoining paddocks to last for 

 any length of time. 



The sitting-room and dormitories for lads arc placed at the ends 

 of each side-wing. The dormitories over the lads' sitting-room and 

 dining-room would be each divided into ten cubicals to each chamber, 

 and it would be easy to find additional room if required. 



In the centre of the yard a water-tower would be necessary to dis- 

 tribute water throughout, and on either side of this structure the dung- 

 courts have been provided for. The rain-water that would fall upon 

 the roofs would be considerable, and this I would collect and conserve 

 in built rain-water tanks, and pump the same when necessary into the 

 tanks in tower, where separate tanks would be provided, one for hard 

 and one for soft water — the latter to be used for drinking purposes. 



In the centre of the right wing is an arched passage which leads to 

 the working-court. The buildings in this portion of the design are so 

 placed that all noise and bustle inseparable from a large establishment 

 may be excluded from the principal court where the racing-horses are 

 housed, and so ensure them the quiet they need. Here are stables for 

 six hacks and two cart-horses, coach-house, harness-room, cart-shed, 

 forge, boiling and root houses, coal-store, and conveniences for men. 

 There is also a cart entrance from the side road to this court. 



The advantage of placing the supernumerary portion of the estab- 

 lishment outside the stable-yard in a quadrangle of its own must strike 

 one as evident enough, besides being a great help to order and clean- 

 liness. All the work outside the actual attendance and grooming 

 can be carried on here away from view ; and visitors would not be 

 offended by the hundred-and-one sounds which usually assail one on 

 entering, when all these things are hopelessly mixed up, without any 

 regard to a proper arrangement of plan. 



Attached to the dining-room, and forming the south wing of this 

 court, is the kitchen department for the lads, comprising kitchen, 

 scullery, pantry, and larder, and if necessary, accommodation for two 

 female servants over them. There is also a drying-room for horse- 

 clothes, &c. ; and in the corner next this a cottage residence, which the 

 head lad, as a married man — under the trainer — would occupy. 



In the rear of the stable-yard, and approached by a passage in the 

 centre of the building, is a straw- bed exercising-ground of ample 

 dimensions, surrounded by a covered riding-way, to be used in wet 

 weather. From this are two exits to the paddocks, marked O in view. 



