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upper outline, or ramp, is made of various curves, depend- 

 ing largely on the fancy of the designer, while all the 

 better divisions are fitted with a double or single sliding 

 barrier (Fig. 103), which can be pulled out of a socket at 

 night, and drawn across the stable, where it is fixed to the 

 opposite wall. In the event of a horse getting loose at 

 night, there is no chance of him wandering about and 

 getting kicked. 



It is obvious these barriers can only be conveniently 

 employed in stables where there is a single row of horses. 



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Fig. 103. — Ventilating Trellis-panel with 

 Single Barrier (Musgrave). 



Various kinds of stall partitions are shown in Figs. 102 

 to 105. 



Sometimes the woodwork of the panel is arranged hori- 

 zontally so as to save it as much as possible from a kicking 

 horse, but the best protection against this class of vice is a 

 proper -kicking mat such as may be seen in the stalls of 

 Fig. 89. Most panels are made with a shifting piece which 

 allows of new boards being inserted if they get broken. 



The stall division should not touch the ground, there 

 should be a space between it and the floor, so as to prevent 

 the woodwork getting wet when the floor is washed. 



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