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horse should be, and next to that of the gentleman, is 

 the 



Club Stable, 



which is so called, because a number of gentlemen, each 

 having but one or two horses, unite together in keeping 

 it, because of the difficulty of procuring a proper place 

 where the best of care can be given outside of a private 

 stable; or it may be with a desire for privacy, which is 

 not accorded to them at a livery stable. In some instances 

 it is the greater protection of the purse that has led to the 

 establishment of the club stable. This last, of itself, is no 

 inconsiderable matter, remembering as we do, the extrava- 

 gant charges at livery for the keep of horses, and the kind 

 of care and protection which in some livery stables is given 

 to them — which is not commensurate with the present 

 charges of from thirty to thirty-five dollars a month per 

 horse, while oats are selling at from sixty-five to seventy 

 cents per bushel. It would be an easy matter to estimate 

 to a cent the difiierence of profit and loss resulting from 

 club and livery stabling — if we could but know the rental 

 or interest on the money invested in the purchase of the 

 club stable, as well as on how many persons the pro rata 

 would have to be assessed. We are inclined, however, on 

 the side of profit, not to speak of other matters pertaining 

 to the club, to give preference to this kind of stabling. 

 A horse can be fed on any particular kind of feed, and in 

 any quantity the owner may desire, which can only be 



