4 Management a7id Treatment of the Horse. 



light possible. Whereas the windows in every 

 stable should be large, and open from top and 

 bottom, and should be looking to the east if pos- 

 sible, and the horses' heads to the west, so that the 

 sun may shine into the stable as soon as it rises, 

 spreading its light into every corner. Centaur in 

 his work says all stable windows should be 8 feet 

 high from the ground, and not large. He surely 

 never had the care of horses in a dark stable, and 

 kept them healthy, or had to work in one, or he 

 would have found out that light and sunshine are 

 necessaries for the well-being of the horse. The 

 front of the stall before the horse's head should 

 never be white, but stone or light green colour, 

 white having as bad an effect upon the eye as a 

 dark stable. If any one doubt this, let him look 

 upon a piece of white paper when the sun is 

 shining, and judge for himself. Again, look u23on 

 any bright colour in a strong light for a few 

 seconds, and then turn and look at the blue sky 

 or any other object, and the eye will reflect in a 

 different colour the object first looked upon, and 

 show it distinctly upon the second substance. If 

 looking upon white or any bright colour in a 

 strong light for a few seconds has such an effect 

 upon the optic nerve of the human being, what 

 effect has it upon the horse, that is compelled to 

 look upon it for hours together day after day ? I 

 have no doubt there are a great many of the 

 horses suffering from " cloudy eye " and imperfect 

 vision caused by dark stables and white walls 

 before their heads. Horses kept in a dark stable, 

 and brought suddenly to the light, will wink their 



