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Many gentlemen prefer to have their animals 

 exercised within call, and for this purpose 

 a long covered ride is arranged. The stables of 

 many noblemen are built in a square, the inner 

 sides of which form. a ride, the upper stories 

 being brought over and supported on pillars. In 

 each case sawdust, tan, or short litter is spread, 

 which prevents slipping, and the whole being 

 covered, exercise is taken in all kinds of weather. 

 The arrangement avoids the necessity of going 

 from home, and the chance of meeting with acci- 

 dents which attend the leading of fresh animals 

 along streets or roads, and actions of grooms in 

 concert when beyond the eye of watchfulness. 



Cart-horses, those used for cabs, omnibuses, 

 spring vans, and sometimes even carriage horses, do 

 not receive exercise as frequently as they should. 

 Many of these animals suffer immediately when 

 confined to the stable but even a single day. It 

 is a common thing to find cases of weed or thick 

 leg occurring with unerring regularity on Monday 

 morning, not unfrequently also colic, and even 

 founder or inflammation of the feet. Why should 

 these complaints have special predilection for 

 that day ? Simply because Sunday was a day of 

 rest. During the week each of these animals 

 has been working hard, their bodies have been 

 wasting, and the food taken has been appropriated 

 to the repair of that waste. But when Sunday 

 comes, with its cessation from all labour, the food 

 which is taken, being of the same quality and in 



