CONTENTS. 



PART II. 

 COACHHOUSE AND SADDLE-ROOM. 



CHAPTER XII. 



PAGE 



Coachhouse. — -Heating coachhouse. — Watering floor of 

 coachhouse. — Flooring of coachhouse. — Saddle-room. 

 — Doors of saddle-room. — Stove of saddle - room. — 

 Patent stove. — Light from window of saddle-room. — 

 Panelling walls of saddle-room. — Disposal of saddlery 

 in saddle-room. — Saddle-racks. — Own patent saddle- 

 racks. — Construction of saddle-racks. — Advantage of 

 saddle-racks. — Prices of saddle-racks. — Saddle-room 

 shelves. — Saddle-room cupboards. — Order and cleanli- 

 ness. — Forage store. — Disposal of forage in store. — 

 Economy of order. — Bedding - sheds. — Economy and 

 construction of bedding-sheds. — Grooms' chambers. — 

 Communicating window from grooms' chambers to 

 stable. — Comfort of servants' rooms. — Cleanliness of 

 servants' rooms. — Inspection of servants' rooms by 

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CHAPTER XIII. 



Requirements of a good saddle. — Parts of a saddle. — 

 Saddle-trees. — Saddle-seats. — Saddle-fittings. — Saddle- 

 flaps. — Stuffing of saddles. — Panels. — Sweat-flaps. — 

 Good and bad trees. — Cut of saddles. — Straight seats. 

 — Argument in favour of straight seats. — Length of 

 rein obtained by use of straight seats. — Why horses pull 

 less when ridden by ladies. — Knee-rolls v. plain flaps. — 

 Field correspondence as to knee-rolls and plain flaps. — 

 Use of the leg in riding. — Cavalry riding. — Advantage 

 of knee-rolls. — Major Whyte-Melville on plain flaps. — 

 — Girths. — Stirrup-irons. — Saddle-bar stops. — Fitting of 

 stirrup - leathers. — Good saddles. — Best saddles. — 

 Materials used for lining saddles. — Messrs. Whippy's 

 new system of lining saddles.— Saddle-heads. — Num- 



