THE COMPLETE HORSEMAN 



THE STABLE 



THERE is an old Yorkshire saying, which 

 every intending horse owner would do 

 well to bear in mind, '' Be careful to 

 provide your cage before buying your bird/' It 

 is a saying which is especially applicable to horse 

 owners, for it is an expensive, and not a very 

 satisfactory proceeding to make alterations in 

 stables to meet requirements which might have 

 been, and indeed which should have been, fore- 

 seen. 



The stable therefore first comes in for con- 

 sideration, for on the stable and its management 

 the health of its occupants, and consequently 

 much of the pleasure of keeping horses depends. 

 And one fallacy apparently exists which it may 

 be as well to discuss here once for all. Judging 

 from what one sees in some small establishments 

 one would naturally suppose that it is the opinion 

 of their owners that anything will do where only 

 one horse or perhaps two are kept. Many of 

 the essentials for a horse's health are neglected 

 and perhaps the owner will say, apologetically, 



