ON THE STABLES, ETC. 55 



formed between thein, for the bails to run upon — I 

 think this would be much more convenient. 



The spaces left for the loose boxes should be fitted 

 up in a manner somewhat similar to that of the stables. 

 The wood work on each side wall is to be put up in 

 form of a stall, precisely as I have directed. It is to 

 be put on each side of the side walls, as in the stables. 

 Racks must be fixed in the left and right-hand corners, 

 and in every respect like those in the stables. The 

 manger should extend the whole length of the box in 

 front of the horse's head, with proper conveniences for 

 tying up two horses, upon the same principle as the 

 mangers in the stables. There should also be two crib- 

 bing boards, so that occasionally either of the boxes 

 might be converted into a two-stall stable. It is to 

 be observed, however, that there is not to be in any of 

 the boxes either racks or pegs, for putting away the 

 exercise saddles and bridles of the horses that stand in 

 them. These bridles and saddles, with the horses' 

 spare cloths and muzzles, are, at all stable hours, to be 

 taken to the common saddle-room. 



It is also to be observed, that there are to be no en- 

 cumbering projections, such as bins or bed-settles. If 

 the latter could be conveniently let into the walls, such 

 an arrangement would be a decided advantage in these 

 boxes ; as it would also be in tlie two-stall stables, if 

 practicable : otherwise, a night or two before running, a 

 temporary bed of clean dry straw and some horse- 

 clothing may be made up at night in a corner of the 

 box, for the boy who looks after the horse, to lie down 



