18 STABLE MANAGEMENT. 
this arrangement it will be seen that the horses that are 
exercised in the morning rest during the work of those 
exercised in the afternoon, and vice versd.) After these have 
been well dressed, as described before, the horses are watered, 
and fed at six and again at seven; and at eight, as in winter, 
finished for the night and fed with hay. 
The winter clothing is of course of a heavier description 
than that used in thesummer. Both sets should be thoroughly 
well dried before using, as damp clothing is most productive 
of colds: for the prevention of which no stabling should be 
without a drying-room, The water that is given the horses 
to drink should have the chill taken off to prevent griping, 
when it can be safely given ad libitum twice or three times 
a day. 
The stable should in all cases be kept as near one tempera- 
ture as possible, about 45 degrees Fahr. in winter ; and in 
summer as cool ascan be. All the soiled straw should be 
removed as soon as seen, and the stalls and boxes swept clean 
every day, and allowed to be bare whilst the horses are out 
at exercise; the doors, windows, and air-holes, should then 
be kept open, whilst the walls and partitions are freed from 
dust and cobwebs. A plentiful supply of clean straw should 
be given twice a week—either of wheat or rye: both are 
very good but wheat is gencrally used on account of the 
scarcity of the other. Sir Wm. Burnett's disinfecting. fluid 
1 have used for years, and I think no stable should be without 
it, in health or in sickness. As a preventive against disease, 
a little may be sprinkled behind the stalls and boxes daily. 
Its use and efficacy in sickness I shall advert to elsewhere. 
My object in this chapter is to show the treatment of the 
horse in health, and the hours generally assigned for his 
exercise. His gallops auu trials will be spoken of later, in 
