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uprights are secured. It is known as the front 'cant' 

 (Fig. 211, E, and Pig. 213, P), and is half a foot above 

 the level of the deck. One object gained by the cant is to 

 prevent the horse slipping out in front should the battens 

 on the platform fail to keep him back, and in practice these 

 battens are soon broken away. There is also a rear cant 

 to which the rear uprights are secured (Pig. 212, D), while 



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Fig. 213. — Side View of Stall, without rear stanchions or passage behind the 

 horse. A, front stanchion ; B, ship's side ; C, side or dividing bar 

 between the horses ; D, manger hanging on breast bar ; E, swinging 

 stops ; F, front cant ; no rear cant required in stalls of this class ; 

 G, platform, with battens ; H, ring to which the head is secured. 



between each stall is a side cant to keep him from sliding 

 on to his neighbour's ground. The rear cant is perforated 

 9 inches by 2J inches, to allow the urine to escape into the 

 scuppers. 



These cants make a square wooden well of each stall, 

 and dropped into this well is the movable wooden battened 

 floor previously described. 



The breast bars fit into an iron bracket on the front pair 



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