234 Centaur; 



which are shown on the back cover of this work). All the blocks 

 being made so as to join together to suit any sized stable, they 

 can be laid by any ordinary workman in London or country without 

 the aid of a skilled artizan. They are made from the best selected 

 marls and rocks of the celebrated South Staffordshire marl 

 deposits. Under the action of intense heat they vitrify through- 

 out, and are thus impervious to moisture, while not being of a 

 slippery nature like some of the buff vitrified kinds ; this is a 

 desideratum which will be found really necessary for the 

 cleanliness and healthiness of a stable. They will wear longer 

 than any other kind, and are growing largely into favour. In 

 cases where required the sharp edges of these pavings are rounded 

 so as to avoid any chance of cutting. Being of a dark slate 

 colour they do not wear dirty-looking, and are easily kept clean. 

 Catalogues, prices, and all particulars, can be obtained from 

 Joseph Hamblet, Piercy Blue Brick, Tile and Pipe ^Yo^ks, West 

 Bromwich. 



W. B. Wilkinson & Co., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 

 and 13a, Great George Street, S.W., London, lay a 



granite concrete that is a most suitable material for floors. It is 

 laid with crushed granite and special quality Portland cement on 

 a foundation of hard broken stones or bricks in a soft state to any 

 falls required. For stables it is grooved to prevent the horses 

 slipping, and channelled for drainage. It is very durable, jointless, 

 impervious to moisture and reasonable in price. Dr. Ballard, 

 in his report to the Local Government Board as to effluvium 

 nuisances, speaks of it " as the most perfect flooring he had 

 seen for stables," and "as perfect a floor for a slaughter- 

 house as could be devised," and the way in which the public 

 patronize it for footpaths, station platforms, warehouses, &c., 

 as well as for stables, yards, roadways, &c., seems to justify 

 so high a eulogy. 



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Messrs. Hassall and Singleton. — As will be seen from' 

 our pages, this firm manufacture Stable Fittings of the most 

 varied kinds, which are considered to be some of the finest and 

 most perfect in the world They are referred to in the Chapter 

 on Stables and Stable Fittings, where a full description of them 

 is given, and being illustrated by some excellent engravings, the 

 reader will be able to judge of their perfection. 



Bown's Newmarket Clipper is well known as being a 

 very superior article, one Clipper having done service for over 

 200 horses. This Clipper has received many unsolicited testi- 

 monials. It is the most endurable of any manufactured, and is 

 very easy to work, one being known to clip 89 horses without 

 re-sharpening. It is one of the handiest machines manufactured. 



