The Stable, 3 



Monday morning dead lame. I could not account 

 for it being done in any other way than by 

 slipping on the sloping pavement. I was called 

 a short time ago to see a horse belonging to a 

 carman, which in shaking itself in the stable 

 slipped and fell, breaking both knees, one very 

 severely ; this was another victim to a false system 

 of paving. Go into any stable that is paved with 

 the fore part the highest, and you will find all the 

 horses hang back to the extent of their rack chains, 

 or stand crossways in their stalls, to try to raise 

 their hind feet into a natural position. They will 

 also paw all the straw from under their fore feet, 

 so as to form a cushion under their hind feet, to 

 raise them to a natural level. Go into a stable of 

 loose boxes that have a grate in the centre of the 

 box, and what do we find ? Every horse with his 

 fore feet in the drain or lowest part of the box, 

 while his haunches are on the highest ground. 

 These facts should be enough to convince any one 

 that the present system is altogether wrong. 



LIGHT. 



'^ Stand on one side, and let God's light and 

 sunshine fall upon me and my horse," said the 

 cynic of Athens ; and these words I should like to 

 impress upon every builder. Go through all the 

 stables in town and country, and see how few have 

 had due attention for light bestowed upon them 

 by the builder. We find small windows, and not 

 one half of them will open ; they are placed 

 in the very spot to give the smallest amount of 



