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keep out the flies — a constant torment to any horse, 

 but more especially a sick one, 



The reason I recommend the rack and manger 

 being on the same side as the entrance -door (where 

 there is a side one) is this : horses will be found 

 almost invariably, when feeding, to stand obliquely 

 in their box, that is, with their heads to rack and 

 manger, their hind quarters pointing towards the 

 opposite side. Thus, if we place the rack and manger 

 on the opposite side to that by which we enter, un- 

 less the box is large, we get the full benefit of their 

 heels as we enter; a circumstance by no means 

 desirable with some horses, more especially when 

 feeding. 



Corner racks and mangers are greatly to be pre- 

 ferred to those that run the entire width of the box ; 

 they take up less room ; and with the others the 

 horse occasionally turns his tail to the manger, and, 

 when standing in such position, soils it. 



Boxes for racehorses are usually larger than those 

 made for the accommodation of other horses. This 

 is done with an eye to the time when they inhabit 



