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HUNTING. 



position to eat his food. It is difficult to understand why 

 racks were formerly put high up above the horse's head so that 

 he had to stretch for his hay, while seeds fell into his eyes and 

 ears ; but so it was. The water taps will be seen marked in the 

 plan. Hay, corn, and straw are taken into the stables along a 

 covered way, and there is a covered shed for unloading pro- 

 vender. In the saddle room is a very simple and useful 

 invention for drying saddles. This is in the shape of a large 



Can stand in a natural position to eat his food. 



towel-horse, with iron bars set back some couple of inches, 

 running behind and half-way between each rail. The rails are 

 just sufficiently far apart to contain a saddle. Some fifteen or 

 twenty saddles can be so arranged on the saddle-horse and 

 placed before the fire to dry at the same time. Other expla- 

 nations will be found fully set forth in the plan. 



It should be observed that these stables are modern. The 

 last row of boxes was completed in t88o, and the stables gene- 



