i o THR O UGH STABLE A ND SADDLE-R O OM. 



the absence of a proper (often of any) system of 

 ventilation. 



Without the requisite supply of fresh air it is 

 impossible to maintain horses in perfect health and 

 condition. 



The wilful, pigheaded ignorance of grooms in this 

 respect is proverbial. They are so afraid that the 

 horses under their charge will catch cold, and that 

 their coats will ' stare,' as it is termed, that thev 

 invariably stop up every crevice and ventilator in a 

 stable in cold weather, thereby thinking to secure 

 the end they have in view, whereas they are, all 

 the time, but taking the most certain steps to 

 ensure the very evil they would avert. 



It is a well-known, and I may say an undisjmted, 

 fact (by all who know anything about the subject) 

 that horses (young horses especially), on coming 

 into stables from grass, are nearly always affected 

 with throat, and often with lung, ailments, in a 

 greater or less degree ; while assuming the reverse 

 to be the case, and they are moved from stables to 

 grass, they rarely, if ever, suffer from the change, 

 thus proving how absolutely essential pure air is to 

 their well-doing. 



Despite all that has from time to time been 

 advanced on this subject, excepting in large estab- 

 lishments a well and properly ventilated stable 



