6 THE TRAINING STABLES. 
over a broad wire screen, which mechanically separates the 
dust and small seeds from the corn. Thus a saving of labour 
is effected ; for, though all the corn is again thoroughly sifted, 
or should be so, the work is less trouble when this has been 
done, and it is done more effectually. The hay is kept 
in lofts, and sufficient only for each day’s consumption is 
removed to the closed bins below; by this means it is kept 
from the tainted smell of the stables and when given is fresh 
and sweet. 
The lofts are approached by a side entrance so that no 
fodder passes through the yard in transit to them. 
The stables are lighted through thirty-nine windows in iron 
frames, each four feet square. This is most desirable, as 
giving the needful amount of light in which most stables 
are deficient. The ventilation is effected through air-holes 
at the top and bottom about a foot square each, behind 
and over the heads of the horses, in proportion of about 
two to each horse, which is ample. The doors are 
thirteen in number, and are eight feet nine inches high, 
opening inside flush with.the wall, and four feet broad. 
Something may be said about the relative merits of boxes 
and stalls, which respectively have their advocates. The fact 
is, both are necessary in every stable. If a horse is a weaver 
put him into a box, for in it he is more contented and often 
forgets his tricks. On the other hand, some horses, that 
in a box would walk themselves to a standstill (being as 
restless as a caged hyena) in a stall will rest comfortably 
and consequently do better. 
The manure is carted away to a distance every morning. 
In town, where space cannot be had for money, it is 
necessarily economised, and a dung pit is made in the 
centre of the yard, where the manure is deposited and left 
