72 THROUGH STABLE AND SADDLE-ROOM. 



set off a horse's head better. The brow-band 

 may with advantage be made of white buff 

 leather ; this, if kept pipe-clayed, looks very clean 

 and smart. Brow - bands of white enamelled 

 leather do not answer, as they are not strong, and 

 the enamel soon cracks and looks shabby. Stable 

 headstalls should be carefully cut so as to fit 

 easily and well, otherwise they are very apt to 

 cause head-sores. Some horses have a habit of 

 slipping their headstalls. Where such is the case 

 they must be buckled on more tightly ; but such 

 horses are better in loose-boxes, where the latter 

 are available. I may as well here remark that 

 coloured brow-bands are nowhere admissible, and 

 white only for stable use. Of course I do not 

 refer to metal harness brow-bands. 



The prices of stable headstalls vary from about 

 5s. to 10s., according to quality ; 7s. 6d. is a good 

 medium price. 



Lead-lines are of leather, chain, or of ordi- 

 nary rope. Personally, I prefer those made of 

 all chain. Exception may be taken to the noise 

 they make as the horse moves them up and down 

 in the manger-rings, but as they are in general use 

 in the cavalry, I have got so used to them that I 

 do not dislike them. They wear for ever, and 

 horses do not chew at them, as they are so apt to 



