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padded these may be. By a long stall is meant one which gives sufficient 

 room from front to rear for the occupant to take a pace in either direction 

 without any chance of touching the breast or haunch rails. The reason 

 why such a stall answers best is obvious. A horse stands on a long narrow 

 base, represented by the length from the fore to the hind feet and the 



width between them. Sideways the base is so narrow that, being a top- 

 heavy animal, his stability in that direction is not great, and, on an 

 unsteady platform like a ship, he experiences some difficulty in main- 

 taining his side-to-side equiHbrium. But he is able to maintain a perfect 

 balance in the direction of the length of his base, viz., from head to tail, 



