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cases for harness and saddles H C and S C, with bit-case 

 and whip-racks on the other side. The washroom W R 

 contains wash-basin and water-closet. The passage P from 

 coachhouse to stable, is four feet wide and has its corners 

 rounded off. A closet C for the carriage-brushes, &c., and 

 a hay-drop from above, occupies the space in the turning of 

 the stairs. 



The stable is 30 X 17; it is divided into three loose- 

 boxes, each 12 X 10, and a passage five feet wide. The 

 fronts and divisions of the boxes are all movable. The 

 posts reaching from the floor to the ceiling, and all or any 

 of them can be changed into stalls, thus giving accommo- 

 dations for three, four, five, or six horses at pleasure. The 

 stalls are five feet wide. Each stall has a drain, and each 

 box consequently two, running into a main drain behind 

 the stalls, and thence through a trap into the well in the 

 cellar. The drains are of cast iron covered with movable 

 iron gratings, so that they can easily be cleaned throughout 

 the entire length. 



The waste-pipe of the sink runs into the trap to insure 

 its being always full of water and not of urine. The floor 

 of these boxes is made of oak strips with asphalte run be- 

 tween them. 



The racks and mangers are of iron, and movable, so as 

 to suit both boxes and stalls and to admit of their being 

 cleaned and painted. The sink S is furnished with hot 

 and cold water, and in a kind of niche with a closet for 

 stable-brushes, &c., over it. 



