34 THROUGH STABLE AND SADDLE-ROOM. 



should prefer to feed such horses little at a time 

 and more frequently. 



Where possible, all stable fittings should be 

 of iron, painted to protect them from rust, and 

 movable. The simpler and fewer the fittings and 

 paraphernalia in a stable, the better. The fewer 

 fittings, the less dust and dirt and the fewer things 

 to keep clean. All forks, brooms, shovels, etc., 

 should be placed, and when not in use kept, in 

 racks which are sold for that purpose, and should 

 never under any circumstances be left lying about 

 or resting against the wall. A sudden jar may 

 knock a fork down, and it is quite possible that the 

 first person who goes into the stable may, not 

 seeing it, run it into his foot ; besides which, it is 

 untidy, and untidiness in a stable is inadmissible. 



One or two simple shelves are useful in a stable, 

 but not one more than is absolutely necessary. 

 These should be made so as to take down easily, 

 daily if required, and nothing but the actual 

 (/rooming utensils be ever allowed on them, and on 

 no account should any cupboards be permitted. 

 Cupboards simply become receptacles for all sorts 

 of rubbish, to say nothing of grog-bottles, etc. 

 A peg whereon to hang the dung-basket completes 

 the list of necessaries, unless it be one long peg of 

 wood or iron, as the case may be (the latter for 



