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from tlie open air, has a most injurious effect upon tlie 

 eyes. It is far better that they sliould stand in too mucli 

 clothing, than that the temperature of the stable should 

 be too high. The thermometer must be the guide of 

 your groom ; he should not 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 w^alls near the ceiling, about the size of j^igeon-lioles, 

 with movable sliding 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 

 Ijottom of the door. Ignorant grooms, dealers, and 

 others, studying only the outward semblance of condi- 

 tion, 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 has superseded the follies and absurdities of former 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 associa- 

 tion of colours, exceed in richness of beauty the golden 

 hues, the lights and shades, which form a banquet for 

 tlie painter's eye ? when 



" With neck like a rainhoic, erecting his crest, 

 Pampcr'd, prancing, and pleas'd, his head touching his breast, 

 Scarcely snuffing the air, he's so proud and chitc, 

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



