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HORSE SENSE. 



self. With the long lot he will have a chance to extend himself, and 

 when near the end of the lot, will stop with his feet all under him. which 

 is not so liable to injure him as if he were running in a circle. 



STALLION YARD FENCE OPEN SO HE CAN SEE HIS SUR- 

 ROUNDINGS. 



The writer has used this character of a stallion yard and fence for 

 years, and prefers it to any other, for the reason that it gives the stallion 

 an opportunity to see all that is going on around him and prevents him 

 from getting lonesome and nervous from the noises round about him 

 for which he cannot see the cause. The high, tight fence is a veritable 

 prison to the ambitious stallion and frequently keeps him fretting and 

 worrying to the extent of losing in vigor, instead of maintaining what 

 he already has. This exercising lot should be separate and apart from 

 all other horses, and the wide door of the stable should open out into 

 this lot for both the convenience of the keeper and the benefit of the 

 stallion. 



Cut No. 26. 

 STALLION BARN AND EXERCISING LOT. 

 The '■eader will please note that in Cut No. 26 the fence is tight one- 

 half its height (4 or 5 feet) and slat fencing above, so that the stallion 

 can see all that is going on outside. 



HARNESS OR SADDLE WORK FAR PREFERABLE TO THE 

 EXERCISING LOT. 



While the exercising lot as here described is far better than anything 

 we have ever used for voluntary exercise, it must be remembered that 

 there is nothing so good for the stallion and his offspring, as every-day 

 work in the harness or under the saddle. When the day comes that 

 the stallion, to get patronage, must show harness marks and other indi- 

 cations that he is strong and hardy by work, then we will be on the high 

 road to success in hcrse-breeding. 



