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CHAPTER VI. 



Stable doors. — Carelessness of grooms in leading horses in and 

 out of stables. — Good grooms v. bad. 



We have so far considered the external construction 

 of the stable, its walls, roofing, lighting, etc., and it 

 now remains to further decide what is the best 

 kind of doorway to use. 



I know nothing better than that in use in the 

 officers' stables in the cavalry barracks at Col- 

 chester. It is simplicity itself, and more durable 

 than any other system with which I am acquainted. 

 Each door is divided into two halves horizontally, 

 viz., an upper and lower half. The lower portion 

 is slung on hinges in the ordinary way, and is 

 fastened with a bolt and hand-latch of circular 

 form, with a folding-ring handle — this latter being 

 countersunk so as to offer no projections to horses 

 in entering or leaving the stable. The upper half 

 runs on small wheels on a rail on the top of the 

 lower door when it is desirable to close it, and back 

 into the wall, or, I should rather say, into 'rebates' 



