POINTS OF A GOOD STABLE. 



POINTS OF A BAD STABLE. 



Men bring the horses in at night cool and 

 breathing easily. 



Legs well rubbed if wet or muddy, or if 

 the horses are tired. 



Head, ears and neck well rubbed, if wet 

 from rain or sweat. 



Horses sponged under collar and saddle. 



Horses well brushed, if dry. 



Feet washed, and examined for nails. 



Eyes, nose and dock sponged in summer. 



In very hot weather, horses wiped all 

 over with a wet sponge on coming in. 



Horses giv-en a little water, but not much, 

 on coming in warm. 



No grain fed for at least an hour. 



Horses watered when cool, then hayed, 

 watered again, and grained. (In any case 

 watered twice after coming in at night.) 



Plenty of bedding, and horses bedded 

 down all day Sunday. 



Hay and grain of the best quality. 



A bran mash Saturday night; cool in 

 summer, hot in winter. 



Hayloft kept clean. 



Cobwebs swept down. 



Harness, especially collars, kept clean. 



Wide stalls. 



Horses tied long, so that they can lie with 

 heads on the floor. 



Plenty of fresh air, but no draughts. 



No fumes from manure pit. 



Stalls not boarded up, but grating in the 

 upper part. 



Drying-room for wet blankets. 



Stable quiet at night and on Sundays. 



Horses cleaned Sunday morning. 



Slatted outside doors for hot weather. 



Stable foreman good tempered, and not a 

 drinking man. 



Comfortable room, with a bathtub, for the 

 man in charge. 



Most important of all — Horses handled 

 gently, neither struck, nor yelled at, nor 

 sworn at. 



Owner drops in often. 



Horses brought in hot and breathing hard. 



Harness stripped off roughly, and horses 

 rushed into stalls without rubbing, cleaning, 

 or sponging. 



Horses' legs washed. 



Horses allowed to drink their fill, no mat- 

 ter how hot ; or not watered at all. 



Grain fed before the horses are rested. 



Feet not washed or examined until the 

 horse goes lame. 



Horses receive no water after eating their 

 hay, until next morning. 



Scanty bedding. 



No bedding on Sundays until night and 

 horses watered only twice. 



Hay and grain of poor quality. 



Bran mash not given — too much trouble. 



Hayloft dusty and dirty. 



Stable full of cobwebs. 



Harness unclean : sweat allowed to ac- 

 cumulate on inside of collars. 



Narrow stalls. 



Horses tied short for fear of their being 

 cast, as is likely when they are put up dirty. 



Stable close — no ventilating shaft. 



Windows dirty. 



Manure pit ventilates into stable. 



Stalls boarded up high, where the horses' 

 heads are. 



Men loafing in the stable in the evening 

 and on Sunday. 



Horses not cleaned on Sunday. 



No slatted outside doors for hot nights. 



No place for drying wet blankets. 



Uncomfortable room for man in charge : 

 no bathtub. 



Stable foreman addicted to drink. 



Worst of all — Horses handled roughly, 

 knocked about ; general atmosphere of noise 

 and profanity. 



Owner never sees the horses taken out or 

 put up. 



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