6 WIDTH AND LENGTH 01 STALIS. 



The doors of all loose boxes should be suspended so as to 

 open on the outside. If made to open within, they not only do 

 so against the litter, but they frequently prove in the way 

 when horses are brought out ; and unless great care be taken 

 serious consequences may ensue from the animal rushing against 

 the projecting edges. 



The sides of the doorways (door jambs, as they are called 

 in Torkshii-e) should be rownded where the edges usually are, 

 to prevent a horse, when going into the stable, or when coming 

 out, from injuring his hips, should he make a rush, or become 

 alarmed during the act of passing through the doorway. 



IV. — "Width and Length ob Stalls. — Theie Constetjc- 

 TiON AND FuENiTTjEE. — Stalls, where space of ground wfll 

 allow, should be six feet in width ; but certainly not less than 

 five feet eight or nine inches. What is meant by height of 

 stall, is simply the height from the ground to the top of the 

 stall partition at its highest part. Seven feet six inches, at the 

 highest part, is abundantly sufficient for the largest-sized horse, 

 and about six feet at the lowest end. Por my own part, I like 

 to see a nice finish given to a stall, especially in the form of its 

 post. Have the sides of the post octagonal, and its top termi- 

 nated by a tastfiiUy formed head. I am aware that stall-posts 

 with turned tops have been considered dangerous : horses, it 

 is stated, have been known to kick themselves across, and have 

 thereby become ruptured in the flank. Such accidents, how- 

 ever, are exceedingly rare ; and the possibility of their happen- 

 ing will be altogether prevented by having the stall partitions 

 of the height specified above. 



A common practice with many, is to have the stall-post to 

 proceed from the ground up to the ceiling. This is objection- 

 able on two grounds: — it looks ugly; and a large- sized horse 



