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superior ventilation, light, and cleanliness of tliese places 

 have almost banished glanders and farcy from our midst. 

 Some of the poorer companies, however, are still unpro- 

 vided with sufficient accommodations for their horses; and 

 it is noticeable that the horses of such companies do not 

 look so well, and are not as able to perform their work, 

 although they are of precisely the same character. 



We merely mention this to show that the cause of the 

 debility of horses was not the work of drawing a lumber- 

 ing omnibus along the cobble-paved streets, but was due 

 to inferior stabling, as evinced by the superiority of the 

 horses of well regulated roads over those badly regulated, 

 and with inefficient and improper stabling. 



It is the general remark of horsemen, that the stock of 

 horses on certain lines of road look well, while those on 

 others are poor and bad, although the average number of 

 miles travelled by each car horse is about twenty-four 

 each day of the week ; and moreover those that look best 

 are on roads where the cars are filled nearly all the time, 

 and are consequently more burthensome to the horses. 



This difference in the condition of horses similarly 

 employed cannot be set down to the extra work performed, 

 but to the better adaptation of the stable to its inmates. 

 The care bestowed would make a difference, but we believe 

 the feed and care to be about the same, as from 12 to 15 

 horses in car stables are intrusted to the care of one man. 

 The only difference between them in this particular is, that 

 in some stables the feed is measured and served out by one 

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