348 Our Noblest Friend, The Horse 



the contrary it interferes with ventilation, and need- 

 lessly occupies valuable room. Partitions, framed 

 as in Japanese houses and covered with canvas, 

 stained or varnished if preferred, afford all adequate 

 separation, and, sliding freely in their grooves past 

 each other, may be entirely removed, or all pushed 

 back against the wall, or all closed tight according 

 to requirements. Naturally nothing can be hung 

 upon them, but in the small building the walls 

 accommodate all the hooks, etc., that it is necessary 

 to employ. 



The harness-hooks may properly be fastened upon 

 a frame which, by means of an easily running pulley, 

 etc., can be elevated out of the way, either high up 

 the wall to the ceiling, or through the floor up into 

 a tightly boarded apartment in the loft, just large 

 enough to admit, through an automatic trap-door in 

 the floor, which opens and closes as the frame is 

 hauled up or down, not only this frame, but all the 

 harness, etc., used in the small establishment — per- 

 haps two or three sets, riding-saddle, etc. Nothing is 

 more convenient, and, your equipment once cleaned, 



