FLOORING. 



The flooring of the stalls should slope very 

 slio-htlv inwards towards the centre, and also 

 towards the gutter or ' gangway,' as it is termed. 

 It is far too often the case that the slope is too 

 great. If so, undue strain is placed on the horses' 

 hocks, and horses will, in order to avoid thus 

 having to stand, as it were, uphill, draw back on 

 to the gangway as far as their lead-lines will admit, 

 and get into the habit of bearing on their head-stalls, 

 to the detriment of the latter and their own health, 

 to say nothing of making the gangway dirty, etc. 



