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The height of the door is another consideration. It is 

 true the low doors of days gone by have disappeared from 

 all high class stables, but it is perhaps not known that their 

 disappearance was due to the injury they caused to the poll 

 of the animal in passing through. The door should be 

 high enough to much more than prevent the biggest 



Fig. 97.— Ventilating Window (Musgrave). 



horse from touching its ears when the head is erect, and 

 this height may be placed at 8 feet. 



From a sanitary point of view a door in two halves, 

 upper and lower, is preferable, as it allows of the upper 

 half being left open in fine weather, with less chance of 



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