26 PORCH AND WASHING EOOM. 



in bad weather, occasion mucli unnecessary labour in the 

 harness room and the coach house. The saddle and harness 

 room may be placed at one end of the building, and the 

 coach house at the other. This arrangement will aid in 

 keeping the entire building more dry and comfortable. The 

 harness room should be lofty, the floor boarded, and the apart- 

 ment well supplied and fitted up with closets, cupboards, and 

 drawers, to hold harness, horse clothing, bandages, wash leathers, 

 sponges, halters, and in fact a regular supply of extra things 

 necessary to meet the requirements of the establishment. 



The Coach House should be roomy, well lighted, and well 

 supplied with fire ranges. The floor should be boarded or 

 otherwise covered with a false bottom, in a similar manner to 

 those used for stables described at page 14. 



Porch and Washing Boom.^ — Every stable should have a 

 Porch, if practicable. It is useful in a number of ways. Horses 

 can be cleaned in it. It afibrds shelter to the horses either in 

 hot or cold weather. It is convenient as a place to perform 

 many of the minor operations in, such as paring a foot, setting 

 on a shoe, brushing the legs in dirty weather, and many other 

 duties of a like nature. A good stable cannot be considered 

 as complete in its appendages, without a commodious porch. 



Wash House. — Behind the porch, or in any other position 

 the most convenient, should be a "Wash House. A room, 

 in which may be done the rough work of the establishment, 

 such as washing harness, horse clothing, bandages, and the 

 horses also when necessary ; also cooking food for invalids, 

 or such horses as may require it. The wash room will need 

 to be a commodious apartment. The floor should be paved 

 with three or three and a half inch flags, and so constructed 

 or provided with surface water channels from every side, 



* See Frontispiece. 



