FITTINGS AND DETAILS. ^l 



As objections are frequently raised to the principle of under- Hayracks, 

 head hayracks, and the height of the old-fashioned rack, con- 

 siderably above the manger, is equally condemned, manufac- 

 turers have turned their attention to the construction of a rack 

 on a level with the manger which possesses the happy medium, 

 although by its use in stalls it cuts off the through ventilation, 

 to a great extent, from those on either side. Plate 22, Figs. 3 

 and 4, and Plate 23, Figs, i and 6, show four racks of this 

 description, from which it will be seen that the horse feeds 

 through the vertical bars, and by the use of a sloping grid, the 

 hay is brought to the front of the rack. These grids are usually 

 provided with a pan to receive the hay seeds, and they are thus 

 removed from the rack by a portable tray. 



In loose boxes, horses are either given their entire freedom. Loose boxes. 

 or they are secured to a head-stall fastening, or permitted a S^i^i'^S b^'^s. 

 hmited freedom by means of a sliding bar, as shown in Fig. 52, 

 which, being placed between the 

 manger in one corner and the ^^' 



water-pot in the other, allows them 

 to move from side to side. This 

 bar, which should be countersunk 

 in a plate securely fastened to 



the wall, is made about 4 feet 6 inches in the bar, and 5 feet 

 including the plate. It is provided with a runner and chain 

 which travels along the bar as the horse moves to either 

 side. In ordinary loose boxes, however, such as those on 

 Plate 39, it is not usual to provide any other head-stall fasten- 

 ing than a wrought-iron dressing ring secured with a f -inch 

 bolt through the wall, a large detail of which will be found on 

 Plate 46. A few of a superior character for more ornamental 

 fittings are also shown on Plate 19, Figs. 8, 9, and 10. 



Halter-tying weight boxes, for fixing beside the manger of a Halter-tyiug. 

 loose box, or beneath it in a stall, together with several examples 

 of rack-and-pillar chains, are illustrated on Plates 19 and 24; 

 these, which are of various kinds, are fully described in the 



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