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more h.ay given them in proportion to their require- 

 ments than horses do, that is, they generally get 

 more than they ought. 



It will be noticed by persons conversant with 

 horses, that while full-sized horses often go roarers 

 or whistlers, they seldom go broken- winded ; while 

 the reverse is .the rule with ponies, which seldom 

 turn roarers or whistlers, but are more liable ic) 

 become broken- winded. 



The explanation I take to be this; that ponies 

 as a rule being hardier, and having a better consti- 

 tution than full-sized well-bred horses, are less accus- 

 tomed to catch cold, while on the other hand, being 

 greater eaters, and, from the cause I have mentioned, 

 being supplied with a greater bulk of food than they 

 ought to have, they are more liable than horses, to 

 be worl^ed, and ridden or driven fast, with an over- 

 loaded stomach, than horses are, and that it is this 

 cause which produces broken wind. 



In cart-horse stables, there is not the same 

 objection to having two rows of horses standing with 

 their tails towards each other. 



In this case the gangway will be between the 

 two rows of horses, and the door should be at one 

 end of the gangway and a window at the other. 



Although in this arrangement the window will 

 be at one side of the stable and the door at the other, 

 yet still when the door is open the current of air will 

 not blow across the bodies of the horses, and in 



