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the architect when pointed out to him. The following is an 

 illustration of my point. At a certain stud, the palatial 

 stallion boxes, with covering yard attached, are built within 

 twenty yards of the brood mare boxes. On the ninth day 

 after foaling, a mare is found to be in season. She is forth- 

 with taken to the covering yard, her foal being left behind 

 in the box. Just as the covering hobbles are being adjusted, 

 she hears her offspring's shrill cries for her, and plunging 

 wildly, scatters the men in all directions. Presently, when 

 securely hobbled, and the stallion is approaching her, the 

 foal's cry of distress rings out again, rousing all her 

 maternal instincts, and occasioning a desperate effort to free 

 herself from the restraining hobbles, which upsets every- 

 thing, especially a high-strung stallion. The twitch has to 

 be applied to give her something else to think about, while 

 even the mildest-mannered stud groom is apt to indulge in 

 unparliamentary language, and express a pious wish that a 

 certain architect were present to hear some criticism of hie 

 handiwork. 



SOME ESSENTIALS. 



Although the quest for a site that will lend itself to the 

 planning thereon of an absolutely ideal stud farm may mean 

 the expenditure of much time and trouble, and entail many 

 disappointments, there are a few broad principles that 

 should govern the laying out of any stud, ideal or otherwise. 

 The following is a rough plan of the essentials of an ideally- 

 arranged stud farm: 



