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stables to enable eacb. horse to liave a separate 

 box. 



In tbese cases tbe stables should be divided into 

 stalls or standings, varying in number according to 

 the quantity of horses kept. 



Where horses are kept in stalls, however many 

 horses are kept, the stables should be so arranged 

 that not more than four or six horses should stand 

 together, otherwise it is difficult to keep the stable 

 at an equal temperature and well ventilated at the 

 same time, and the stable is apt to get close and 

 foul. 



There are two ways of arranging stalls, one 

 where the horses all stand in one row, with a passage 

 or gangway behind them, and the other where two 

 rows of horses stand with their tails towards each 

 other, and a gangway between them. Of these two 

 arrangements, the former is the best for well-bred 

 and valuable horses, the latter being chiefly con- 

 fined to stables for cart-horses and post-horses. 

 Horses of this class as a rule have so much work to 

 do, that when they go in and out of the stable they 

 are too tired for there to be much danger of their 

 kicking one another ; but for hunters or horses of 

 a similar class, if the stables were arranged so that 

 they stood back to back, there would be a probability 

 of their kicking one another, and it is much safer 

 for a horse to pass behind one row of horses than 

 between two rows of horses. 



