

PORTABLE HORSE-BOXES. 



ACCORDING to H.M. transport regulations, a 

 portable horse-box (Figs. 12, 13, and 14) 

 should be " 6 feet long, 2 feet 6 inches broad 

 in the clear, and 6 feet 4^ inches high, made 

 of good wood, well framed, strongly built up 

 and strengthened with iron bands passing right 

 round on the outside. Bottoms to be battened. 

 Door at each end hung on strong hinges and 

 fitted with strong bar fastenings top and 

 bottom. Each door to have on the outside, 

 ring bolts for fastening halters to. The inside 

 of box and doors to be lined with liquored 



leather slightly padded out with straw. 



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