2iS TKAINING THE TROTTING HOESE. 



CHAPTEE XXII. 



STABLES AND STABLING PALATIAL STABLES NOT NECES- 

 SARY—THE PRIME ESSENTIALS CLEANLINESS, AIR AND 



LIGHT LARGE AND SMALL BARNS ADVANTAGES 



OF THE LATTER ROOMY BOXES FLOORING CLAY 



FLOORS BEDDING FEEDING CRACKED AND GROUND 



FOOD — BRAN IMPORTANCE OF GOOD QUALITY OF 



FOOD — WATER CALIFORNIA CLIMATE AND GRASSES. 



The question of stabling is one of very great import- 

 ance, but it is erroneous to suppose that a man needs 

 to be a millionaire to properly stable his horses. Some 

 of the farms in the United States have stables that are 

 palaces, where liberality is seen to run into extrava- 

 gance and practical comfort is forgotten in the chase 

 of elegance. But as a general rule, for the purposes of 

 training, I would not exchange the single story " shed 

 stables " at Palo Alto for the mammoth barns where 

 the light falls through stained glass windows upon 

 polished woods, gilded iron, and brass. If I were asked 

 to put in few words the requirements to be met in 

 stabling I would say : Have ample room, scrupulous 

 cleanliness, fresh air and abundant light. We have 

 one great barn at Palo Alto — the largest and most 

 expensive building on the farm — where three or four 

 of the assistant trainers have their "strings," and I 

 can say that the proportion of horses that go wrong in 



