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AMERICAN STABLE GUIDE. 



Cast-iron posts are frequently shattered by a kick of a 

 horse, while with cedar posts this rarely or never occurs. 

 From our experience in this matter, in an economical 

 point of view, we find the wooden posts much preferable, 

 because they less frequently require renewing, and are 

 more easily replaced ; for the pattern of the iron post may 

 be lost, requiring the making of a new pattern, or the sub- 

 stitution of a different form, thus destroying uniformity. 



The Loose-Boxes are in some stables the substitutes 

 for stalls, and may be fitly described as two stalls made into 

 one, with the addition only of a partition extending along 

 the edge of the gangway behind the horse as he stands in 

 the stall : in a word, it is two stalls in one, fenced or closed 

 in on all sides, with a door to each box, hung on hinges, or, 

 as in some stables, to slide or run on rollers, and of the form 

 represented in the annexed engraving. 



Door for Loose-Box. 



As will be seen, the upper portion is made of sparred 

 work, which admits the air, yet prevents the horse or its 



