Horse Attendants and Stable D titles. i8i 



duty by roster. These men should be exempt 

 from all other duties ; and attendance during 

 the intervals between stable hours should 

 devolve on stable guards, who could come 

 on duty for four hours at a time. The work 

 of the stable guards would be to see to the 

 general welfare of the horses, to replace 

 any hay that had fallen out of the feeding 

 troughs or hay nets, and to feed them on 

 hay during the night, as might be ordered. 

 Other men would be required to lend a hand 

 during mucking-out and exercising times. 

 Sergeants and corporals should be told off 

 to supervise the work of the men, according 

 to the number of non-commissioned officers. 



Supposing that the men's meal times were 

 8 a.m., I p.m., and 5 p.m., a suitable arrange- 

 ment for the hours of feeding would be : — 



