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and all matters connected therewith, except it be the feed, 

 is assessed in equal proportions among thejnembers, and no 

 more is paid for the hay, oats, &c., than is consumed or 

 fed to the horse. Thus it will be seen that for a small 

 expense, a gentleman can keep his horse with the advan- 

 tages of a private stable, escape the extortions and dis- 

 comforts of a livery stable, and insure proper attention and 

 comfort to his horse and care for his carriage and 

 harness. 



The livery stable is an institution of our country 

 that we cannot boast of either in buildings, accommodations 

 for horses, or their safety. If, as is already shown, 

 the superiority of horse management exists with us in the 

 stable of the private gentleman, or the association of the 

 club is above that of the cities of the Old World, the same 

 claim cannot be advanced in favor of the livery stables of the 

 New AVorld. The livery stable is a place where horses are 

 kept at a certain rate per horse, by the day, week, or month. 

 If the accommodations for the horse and the care of har- 

 ness and carriage were as well defined as the charge for 

 them, perhaps not much could be truthfully said against 

 them. But, not unlike the horse cars on a stormy night, 

 *' more room inside" when not a foot of standing-place can 

 be had, crowding and jostling in one confused mass together, 

 true to the principles of the avaricious, and of some 

 corporations, like unto the " Old Sexton," their song 

 always h 



*' We gather them in, we gather them in," 



