FAULTS INSEPARABLE FROM STABLES. 



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should leave the builduig : nor ought the man to quit his post before the 

 doorway has been more than cleared. 



UASINa A HORSE THROUGH THE STABLE DOORVAT. 



It must certainly be read with a sensation of surprise that, since a 

 stable was first erected, horses have been constantly injured by passing 

 through narrow doorways. It will assuredly excite wonder that, after 

 centuries of experience, enforced by serious loss, the easy, safe, and 

 natural remedy for such miscalled "accidents" needs to be gravely 

 pointed out, or to be promulgated as it were a novel suggestion. The 

 mind of the master has, however, been otherwise engaged ; the horse 

 has never been regarded as a living creature, having certain attributes 

 and rights, with which all keepers of the quadrupeds must comply. It 

 is rather viewed as "something" absolutely given to mankind, concern- 

 ing which the human being has, therefore, merely to consult his will and 

 his pleasure. Consequently, when regulations ar* formed for the gov- 

 ernment of the equine race, these are never framed as though there 



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