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ridge of the building, and on the lines previously laid 

 down. 



It may at once be stated that closed roofed stables as a 

 rule can never be successfully ventilated by natural means, 

 excepting there be only a single row of horses in a stable 

 and opposite windows. 



The Paring has been previously dealt with on p. 282, 

 but both it and drainage will be further considered in the 

 chapter devoted to the latter. 



Fig. 102. — Iron-panelled Stall Division witli a Solid 

 Head and Double Barrier (Musgrave). 



It is in the matter of fittings that stable constructors 

 have been particularly successful ; these may now be had 

 of any degree of durability and artistic design. 



Stall Divisions. — The stall partitions should be strong, 

 carried up high enough in front to prevent horses quarrel- 

 ling, and made with a solid head as in Fig. 102 to prevent 

 them annoying each other. Some of the stall divisions are 

 made of wood with iron supports, others of iron throughout, 

 no wood being used for the purpose of panelling. The 



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