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Frequently the rear pillar of the stall has to assist in 

 supporting the ceiling, and occasionally it is arranged with 

 a bracket to hold a saddle temporarily, or for any other pur- 

 pose. This is quite wrong, no bracket of any description 

 should be fixed to the pillar, it is the most frequent cause of 

 injury to the head particularly the eyes. The pillar must 

 be rounded and free from any projections, and surmounted 

 by a ball top. The only thing which it is permissible to 

 attach to the pillar are the chains, which should be con- 

 nected to a ring, and be protected at the other end by a 



sTW^J?^ Fig 104.— A wooden Stall Division with Solid Head. 

 ^ I Tins design is said to show horses oif to the best 



^1 , _J advantage (Musgrave). 



spring hook. When not in use the pillar chains should be 

 hooked up. 



The stall divisions should not, as a rule, be less than ten 

 feet long from manger to pillar, this is in many cases a foot 

 longer than generally employed, but whether for appear- 

 ance or from ignorance stall divisions are seldom made long 

 enough, and severe injury may be inflicted by a kick behind 

 the post. Some stalls are so short, and in consequence 

 injury so frequent, that they are lengthened by a movable 

 piece the shape of a ship's rudder, and attached like one to 



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