THE SADDLE ROOM 



THE saddle room ma}^ be said to give the 

 character to an estabhshment. If the 

 saddle room is clean, tidy and well ordered 

 it is safe to conclude that the stable is well 

 managed. A slovenly man will have his saddle 

 room in a continual uproar ; everything higgledy- 

 piggledy, and in its wrong place. 



In large establishments there are frequently 

 two or even more saddle rooms as well as 

 capacious wash houses for the cleaning and pre- 

 liminary drying of saddles, bridles and harness. 

 But practically all saddle rooms should be on the 

 same general principles. One sometimes sees 

 in a small establishment something like a closet 

 a few feet square, with a small stove stuck in a 

 corner, which is dignified by the name of saddle 

 room. As a general rule — and especially in the 

 country where there is usually plenty of available 

 room — there is no necessity for these cramped 

 closets which are economically a mistake. 



The saddle room should be convenient to the 

 stables and it is all the better if it can be so 

 arranged that there is a passage connecting them. 

 That there should be plenty of room I have already 

 insisted upon. It should also be well lighted. 



