CONTENTS. 



FIRST CHAPTER. 

 STABLING— P. 13 to 70. 



CONSTRUCTION OF STABLES— P. 13 to 42.— Bad Stables— Sit- 

 uation of Stables — Damp Stables — New Stables — Size of Stables — 

 Arrangement of Stalls — Double-headed Stables — The Walls — Doors 

 — Windows — Window-Shutters — The Roof — The Floor — Drains — 

 Declivity of the Stall — Precautions against Rats — Partitions between 

 Horses — Standing Bales — Gangway Bales — Travises — Stall-Posts — 

 Width of Stalls — Hay-Racks — Mode of filling Racks — Mangers — 

 Water Mangers. 



VENTILATION OF STABLES— P. 42 to 59.— General State of— 

 Difference between a Hot Stable and a Foul Stable — Object of Ven- 

 tilation — Pure Air — Use of Air — Impure Air — Evils of Impure Air 



— Modes of Ventilating Stables — Outlets for Impure Air — Inlets for 

 Pure Air — Objections to Ventilation. 



STABLE APPEXDAGES— P. 59 to 70.— Loose Boxes— Hay-Cham- 

 ber — Straw — Granary — Grain-Chest — Boiler-House — Water-Pond — 

 Stable-Yard — Shed — Harness-Room — Stable-Cupboard — Groom's 

 Bedroom— Stables of Mr. Gibbons— Stalls of Mr. Pell. 



SECOND CHAPTER. 



STABLE OPERATIONS— P. 71 to 135. 



STABLEMEN— P. 72 to 82.— How Taught— Character of— The 

 Coachman — The Groom — Untrained Grooms — Boys — Strappers — 

 Foreman — Drivers. 



GROOMING— P. 82 to 104.— Dressing beforeWork— Dressing Vicious 

 Horses — Utility of Dressing — Want of Dressing — Lice — Dressing 

 after Work — Scraping — Walking a Heated Horse — Walking a Wet 

 Horse— Wisping a Wet Horse — Clothing a Wet Horse — Removing 

 the Mud — Vv^ashing — Wet Less — Bathins:. 



OPERATIONS OF DECORATION— P. 104 to 122.— Uses and 

 Properties of the Hair — Docking — Nicking — Dressing the Tail — • 

 Dressins: the Mane — Trimming the Ears — Cropping the Ears — 

 TrimminsT the Muzzle and Face — Trimming the Heels and Legs — 

 Hand-Rubbing the Legs — Singeing — Shaving — Clipping — Utility of 

 Clipping — Objections to Clipping — To give a Fine Coat. 



