i8 THE COMPLETE HORSEMAN 



matter. In these days of luxury either gas or 

 the electric light are to be found in most large 

 establishments. Needless to say the Electric 

 light is to be preferred in the case of new stables 

 or where it is procurable. In putting in either 

 gas or the Electric light the greatest care must 

 be taken that the lights and everything con- 

 nected with them are so placed that it is impos- 

 sible for the horses, under any circumstances, to 

 get at them. This is as important in a stable 

 with stalls as it is with loose boxes, for horses 

 sometimes get loose. A hurricane lamp is safe 

 and will give all the light that is necessary for 

 the work that has to be done at night, but it is 

 not ^^sm.art.'^ 



More ventilation will be required than the 

 windows and doors will give. Stables should 

 never be stuffy ; as soon as they are you may be 

 sure your horse is suffering in some way, that he 

 is not at his best. Writing on this subject Capt. 

 Hayes says : '' To save our horses from chill a;nd 

 at the same time to give them a full supply of 

 fresh air, we should arrange the ventilation of the 

 stable in such a manner, that the force of the 

 incoming currents of air is broken and distri- 

 buted, while the entrance and exit of the air is 

 checked as little as possible. The danger arising 

 from the retention in the atmosphere of the 

 stable, of volatile and floating impurities (pro- 

 ducts of decomposition, bacteria, etc.) are too 

 well known to need my dwelling on the necessity 

 of their speedy removal by well-regulated ventila- 



