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CHAPTER XX. 



STABLES. 



An important point in the welfare and health of 

 a horse is the kind of house lie lives in. The 

 majority of stables which have been built a good 

 many years, particularly in towns, are generally 

 troubled with three complaints : they are badly 

 ventilated, badly floored, and badly lighted. The 

 first of these faults is injurious to the horse's wind, 

 the second is injurious to his legs, and the third to 

 his eyesight. I need not say that where anyone has 

 got stables, and wishes to improve them, he must be 

 guided a good deal by what he finds on the ground 

 already, and how much he means to spend in im- 

 proving them. 



But where he has to build new ones from the 

 beginning he can do as he likes. I propose, there- 

 fore, to explain what I consider the best and most 

 advisable method of building new stables, and to 

 give my reasons for preferring that method to any 

 other. 



