158 Horses on Board Ship. 



breast-boards, although an attendant could 

 easily remove and replace them. 



In order to prevent a horse throwing his 

 food out of his trough which he is particularly 

 inclined to do, when it contains long hay full 

 of hay seeds we may adopt Colonel Duck's 

 wise suggestion to continue the two flat iron 

 hooks which are used for attaching the trough 

 to the breast-board, completely round the 

 trough, which will then have, near its ends, 

 two bars running across it, that will prevent 

 the animal carrying out his objectionable inten- 

 tion. In any case, the bars should be on the 

 outside of the trough, and should be continued 

 round its three sides, so as to distribute over a 

 large surface any strain that may fall on the 

 trough. The trough would be still further 

 protected from injury by the adoption of 



