THE GENTLEMAN'S STABLE MANUAL. 



PART I. 



Section I.— THE STABLE. 



PEOPBB C0ir8a?RtrCTI0N OF STABLE. 



STALLS : THBm WIDTH AND LENGTH. 



FALSE BOTTOMS. 



VENTILATION. 



DEAINAGE. 



HAY AND CORN OHAHBBES. 



LOOSE BOXES. 



SADDLE AND HARNESS BOOMS 



MANDEE DEp6t. 



WATER TANKS, &C. 



Since the publication of my first treatise on the diseases and 

 medical treatment of the Horse, I have, on many occasions, 

 received letters from numerous gentlemen, desiring me to write 

 on the proper construction of the stable, and on the superinten- 

 dence and general management of the horse. On these topics 

 I shall offer a few remarks ; — more I cannot do in a volume Uke 

 the present. Indeed, a proper treatise upon either of these 

 matters would, if justice were done, require a volume to itself. 

 In the hope that what I may write upon these subjects will 

 prove of service to the reader, I have pleasure in complying 



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