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there is not an article connected with horse fittings that is omitted 

 from their catalogue. It is important to buyers and dealers to 

 know that this old-established house are saddlers to the Queen 

 and Eoyal Family, also H.M. the Viceroy of Egypt and H M. 

 Government of India. They manufacture the finest kinds of 

 single, double pair-horse, tandem, and four-in-hand harness ; also 

 saddles and horse clothing of every description and style, of the 

 best materials and workmanship ; no machine work is allowed. 

 Urch's Patent Double Spring Bar for releasing the stirrup leather 

 when the rider is thrown, should be attached to every saddle. 

 Gentlemen ordering private outfits in England ; also exporters of 

 English horse goods, are recommended to communicate with 

 Messrs. Urch & Co., as the prices will be found moderate, con- 

 sidering the quality of their manufactures. 



Messrs. Doulton & Co. — Among the most important 

 things in the construction of a stable is the impervious nature of 

 the materials with which it is lined, preventing the absorption of 

 all moisture, which is sure to be given out again under certain 

 conditions. The lining of the walls with glazed tiles is an advan- 

 tage, but better still is the use of the blue Staffordshire brick for 

 the paving. A large proportion of iron is found in the clay with 

 which this class of ware is made, and hence its great strength. 

 In stable pavings there should be no porosity, they should be 

 hard to resist the constant wear and tear of horses' hoofs, and they 

 should never wear slippery. The blue Staffordshire stable paving 

 answers all these purposes, it is quite impervious to any moisture, 

 and when laid to a proper fall, all wet at once runs off" into the 

 drain provided, leaving the stable comparatively dry. The clay 

 is so close in texture as to be of immense strength, and the 

 paving is made with deep grooves to form a firm foothold, which 

 never wears slippery. It is made in various patterns. The same 

 material is also used for coach-houses, yards for washing carnages, 

 and often times for public pavements. Being so strong, and 

 cleanly, and never liable to rust, mangers are formed with them. 

 Outside plinths and quoins to buildings are carried up in these 

 blue bricks, and, in fact, any position requiring extra strength in 

 a building is often made of this excellent material. 



Hamblet's Terra-Metallic Pavings. — These pavings 

 are used in a large number of stables of the nobility and gentry 

 throughout Great Britain, and wherever they are laid they 

 give every satisfaction; they are almost everlasting in wear, 

 their hardness causing them to be specially suitable for this 

 purpose. It is not too much to say of these celebrated pavings 

 that they are considered to be some of the best manufactured. 

 These pavings are made in blocks varying in length from 6in. 

 to 12in., and in width from Ifin. to 6in., and in depth from 2 Jin. 

 to 4jin., and are manufactured in a variety of patterns (some of 



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