THE STABLE 7 



summer and suggests that stables with windows 

 on both sides, standing east and west, will be 

 found most advantageous as the one side will 

 have the morning and the other the afternoon 

 sun ; but I think this is being too particular 

 and a south-westerly aspect \\nl\ be found to 

 answer all practical purposes well. There is of 

 course the question of a hot afternoon sun to be 

 considered but it is not difficult to find means 

 to prevent any annoyance to the horses from this 

 cause. 



If it be decided to build stalls there is one 

 important consideration which is but too fre- 

 quently overlooked. The stalls in a stable should 

 be few in number, not more than four as a general 

 rule, especially in a hunting stable. And for 

 this reason. When a horse has had a hard day's 

 hunting, and indeed when he has had a day's 

 hunting at all, it is essential to his well-being 

 that his rest should be undisturbed on the fol- 

 lowing day, and it stands to reason that if he 

 shares a stable with several horses some of them 

 may be coming into or going out of the stables 

 at all hours of the day, and consequently upset- 

 ting him considerably. 



The effect of a horse going out hunting has a 

 very disturbing effect on some horses and they 

 will not rest so long as their stable companion 

 is absent, but will fret after him the whole of 

 the day. This naturally has a prejudicial effect 

 on their condition and may mean a considerable 

 curtailment in the number of days they will be 



