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broad and a foot in depth, to admit of the corn being 

 easily got at when it gets low in the bin. A sieve 

 would naturally find a place in each bin for the pur- 

 pose of cleansing the corn, and a small wooden bowl 

 will also be kept in each as a measure. It was for- 

 merly the custom with training grooms to measure the 

 quantity of corn their horses ate by quarts, and not by 

 quarterns, which being a very good plan, I hope they 

 still adhere to it. 



Strong constitutioned horses are good feeders, but in 

 their feeding, as in their \vork, they may be over- 

 marked, if the groom be not careful ; for it is with 

 these horses as with the light flighty ones, their food 

 must ever regulate their work. A good groom is aware 

 that he must get the corn into his horse if possible, 

 but he is also aware that he must do it cautiously, and 

 that he must be regulated by certain calculations, of 

 which I shall have occasion to speak hereafter ; and 

 this it is that makes me rather particular as to what 

 quantity of oats this little wooden bowl should be ca- 

 pable of containing; when filled, it should hold just a 

 quart. 



In each of the three and four-stall stables, close un- 

 der the stable window (which may be said to be be- 

 hind the stable door when it is open) should be placed 

 a moderate sized bed settle, for two of the boys to 

 sleep in. These settles are, or were so universally 

 known in all race-horse stables, as to obviate the ne- 

 cessity of my giving a very particular description how 

 they are made. The settles, when turned up during 



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