30 HORSE-MASTERSHIP 



to do something towards securing more light 

 for the horse during his long hours of what 

 must be equal to imprisonment for an animal 

 who loves exercise and is full of curiosity 

 about his surroundings. Military stables, as 

 a rule, are fairly well lighted by means of 

 windows, and some of the newly-built stables 

 at Newmarket — such as Mr. P. P. Gilpin's 

 and the Hon. George Lambton's — are well 

 lighted ; but, as a rule, even at Newmarket, 

 and certainly all over the country, stables are 

 far too dark. Never forget that light and 

 disease germs cannot long exist together ; 

 and, were we to be by some means cut off 

 from the sun's rays, a few months of darkness 

 would see the complete victory of disease in 

 its war with highly organized life. 



In a word, then, what I want you to do, 

 if you would escape coughing, fever, and all 

 such diseases when you go on training, is 

 simply to get your stable absolutely clean 

 before you put your horse into it ; keep it 

 clean, and always allow plenty of Nature's 

 own best tonics and germ-killers — fresh air 



