26 POECH AND WASHING BOOM. 



neetion between them and the stable. Where these places are 

 open to one another, the dirt and steam occasioned by the 

 necessary operations going on within the stable, particularly 

 in bad weather, occasion much unnecessary labour in the har- 

 ness room and the coach house. The saddle and harness room 

 may be placed at one end of the buUding, and the coach house 

 at the other. This arrangement wiU aid in keeping the entire 

 building more dry and comfortable. The harness room should 

 be lofty, the floor boarded, and the apartment well supplied and 

 fitted up with closets, cupboards, and drawers, to hold harness, 

 horse clothing, bandages, wash leathers, sponges, halters, and 

 in fact a regular supply of extra things necessary to meet the 

 requirements of the establishment. 



The Coach House should be roomy, well lighted, and well 

 supplied with fire ranges. The fioor should be boarded or 

 otherwise covered with a false bottom, in a similar manner to 

 those used for stables described at page 14. 



Porch and Washing Soom.* — Every stable should have a 

 Porch, if practicable. It is useful in a number of ways. Horses 

 can be cleaned in it. It afibrds shelter to the horses either in 

 hot or cold weather. It is convenient as a place to perform 

 many of the minor operations in, such as paring a foot, setting 

 on a shoe, brushing the legs in dirty weather, and many other 

 duties of a like nature. A good stable cannot be considered 

 as complete in its appendages, without a commodious porch. 



Wash House. — Behind the porch, or in any other position 

 the most convenient, should be a "Wash House. A room, 

 ia which may be done the rough work of the establishment, 

 such as washing harness, horse clothing, bandages, and the 

 horses also when necessary ; also cooking food for invalids, 

 or such horses as may require it. The wash room will need 



* See Frontispiece. 



