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THE COMPLETE GRAZIER. 



BOOK VIIL 



floor, and at the top end to the manger. A ring runs up and down 

 this bar, and through it a chain, rope, or strap works with a weight 

 attached. 



Another halter-tie (fig. 211), made, as is the preceding one, by the 

 St. Pancras Ironworks Company, is protected by an iron casing, which 



Fig. 213. Stable Travis or Stall Division. 



excludes straw and dirt. It cannot get out of order, and is perfectly 

 noiseless ; tho part accessible to the horse is of chain and cannot be 

 gnawed ; and it is securely fixed to the wall and not to the manger. 

 If a horse hangs back he cannot make it stick, but the weight returns 

 immediately, so that there is no risk of the horse getting his legs 

 over it. 



Fig. 214. Stable with Two Stalls and Two Loose Boxes. 



In fig. 212 is shown Messrs. Musgrave's " tie " for securing the horse 

 to the stall. In fig. 213 we illustrate the form of " travis " or stall 

 division made by the same firm ; this is provided with the patent 

 "barrier sheath," into which the barrier rod slides; by pulling this 

 out, the stall can at once be transformed into a loose box. 



In fig. 214 is shown a stable, fitted by Messrs. Bayliss, Jones and 

 Bayliss, Wolverhampton, with two stalls and two loose boxes. The 

 stall divisions are 9| to 10 feet long from wall to heel-post, and 4 

 feet high to rise of ramp : the plain division consists of heel-posts, 

 sill, and ramp-rail, all of which are fitted to receive boarding 1 inch 



