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The boxes for the foaling mares should be in 

 small blocks of, say, four boxes, with a man's room 

 in the middle. This room should be fitted with a 

 fireplace, and generally made as comfortable as 

 possible. In both the side walls there should be 

 two small glazed apertures, the sides towards the 

 boxes being splayed off at such an angle that the 

 attendant can see to every part of the box, so that 

 when the mare is foaling, or likely to foal, he can 

 keep a constant light shining through one of the 

 apertures. This will enable him to see through the 

 other how matters are progressing with the mare. 

 It is necessary that the light should be continually 

 burning, and be subdued so as not to frighten or 

 startle the mare by alternate light and dark. He 

 will, of course, have to go out of doors to attend to 

 the mares in the end boxes, but the groom will no 

 doubt arrange that the mares likely to require most 

 attention should be in the boxes next to his room ; 

 these boxes will be planned and enclosed in exactly 

 the same way as the boxes for yearlings. 



1 A necessary adjunct to a small breeding establish- 

 ment such as this is a cottage — or, still better, a pair 

 of cottages — for two of the men, so as to give proper 

 accommodation for their wives and children ; the 

 other men might very well be single men, and 

 occupy the rooms in the administrative block. 



4 In a small stud of, say, twenty mares it is quite 

 possible the owner would not care to keep his own 

 stallion ; but, on the other hand, it might be the wish 

 of the owner to keep one or, perhaps, two stallions, 

 in which case he would no doubt be receiving mares, 

 and this would entail a further number of boxes for 

 their reception. These could be built on the lines 

 before indicated. Each stallion requires a box for 

 himself about 18 ft. square, in addition to which 

 there should be a yard of about 50 by 70 ft. for the 

 horse to exercise himself in fine weather ; also, there 



