250 RIDING FOR LADIES, 



CHAPTER XXII. 



STABLING. 



I THINK it highly probable that horse-owners who read 

 this chapter will be already supplied with stabling-, be it 

 such as it may, and I think it equally probable that whereas 

 some will be ready to compare their premises with those 

 that I shall advocate, and be anxious to effect such improve- 

 ments as I shall venture to suggest, others will turn scoffingly 

 away from my hints, with the declaration that they have 

 kept horses all their lives, and have pulled along very 

 well indeed without any of the new-fangled nonsense of 

 the present day. Of course it is not for such persons 

 that I care to write, or want to do so ; on the con- 

 trary, I prefer to address my remarks to those who desire 

 to learn. By setting forth the exact principles on which 

 a stable should, according to my ideas, be built and 

 managed, I shall be affording information to such as shall 

 either be desirous of building anew, or of effecting a series 

 of alterations in premises discovered to be faulty — although 

 hitherto perhaps considered complete. 



To begin then. If choice of situation can be had, select 

 that which will admit of draining, and shelter from cold 

 winds. The aspect should be southern, and the soil dry. 



