102 THE NOBLE SCIENCE. 



your groom ; he should uot allow it to stand beyond 

 sixty degrees, Fahrenheit. A very little labour and 

 expense of carpentering will render any stable capable 

 of being thus regulated. Have apertures made through 

 the walls near the ceiling, about the size of pigeon-holes, 

 with moveable shding boards. They can be entirely or 

 partially opened, and, with the aid of the windows, 

 cause a thorough circulation of air. Loose boxes, with- 

 out windows, may be equally ventilated by the same 

 opening near the roof, and a corresponding one near the 

 bottom of the door. Ignorant grooms, dealers, and 

 others, studying only the outward semblance of con- 

 dition, all keep their stables like hot-beds, thinking that 

 heat promotes a gloss upon the coat, as it probably 

 does; but not equally, or to be compared with that which 

 indicates the highest health. This forcing heat is not 

 to be found at Newmarket, where the rational system has 

 superseded the follies and absurdities of former ages ; 

 and can the pride of a peacock, can any association of 

 colours, exceed in richness of beauty the golden hues, 

 the lights and shades, which form a banquet for the 

 painter's eye ? when 



" With neck like a rainbow, erecting his crest, 

 Pamper'd, prancing, and pleas'd, his head tonching his breast, 

 Scarcely snuffing the air, he's so proud and elate. 

 The high-mettled racer first starts for the jjlatc." 



You must endea\ our to bring out your hunter, in the 



