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seems to be the exception rather than the rule ; 

 and there are many of the larger establishments, 

 which I could name if I chose, where such details 

 are very unduly cared for, and the ventilation 

 is by no means what it should be, although the 

 fittings, etc., of the stable may be very smart and 

 lavishly carried out in other respects, and the 

 horses' names painted up in gold letters, etc., and 

 all that style of thing. I have very often, in 

 such cases, been well-nigh stifled with the over- 

 loaded atmosphere. 



I must admit that very many of our cavalry 

 stables (I do not, of course, allude to the more 

 modern-built ones, but to those of older date) are 

 almost infamous as regards their construction, and 

 it is impossible to keep the horses in health unless 

 every door and window is kept open. They are 

 very often low, dark, badly paved, ill-drained, narrow- 

 stalled places, and nothing but the very greatest 

 care prevents their becoming literal hot-beds of 

 disease. True it is that, of the more modern ones, 

 many are equally excellent in every respect, and 

 save where a contract has been badly carried out 

 as regards the quality of the material used for 

 doors, windows, and other fittings, they are for the 

 most part almost perfect. 



Of those which have come under my own 



