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instance, rolls from left to right the heads of the horses 

 standing on the right gradually come further and further 

 out of the stall, while the animals facing them recede until 

 they are entirely lost to view; as the reverse roll occurs 

 the horses which disappeared now appear, while those the 

 heads of which were projecting almost across the gangway, 

 are now receding until they are lost to view. It reminds 

 one of the man and woman in the old-fashioned weather 

 clock, when as one comes out the other goes in. If there 

 are fifty horses on each side of the gangway, the curious 

 sight is presented of fifty heads appearing on one side, 

 while fifty heads disappear on the other, all with absolute 

 precision and regularity. 



As a matter of fact it is the ship moving and not 

 the animals, all they are trying to do is to maintain a 

 horizontal position, and in so doing they appear to be 

 undergoing rhythmical pendulum movements. 



What this observation teaches is that a stall must be 

 long enough to admit of these movements backwards and 

 forwards, a short stall would result in injury to the neck or 

 quarter or both. There must be sufficient length to prevent 

 injury, and the length is from 7^ to 8 feet, depending on 

 the size of the horse. 



A stall of sufficient length is very properly insisted upon 

 by Martin in his monograph previously mentioned. The 

 official length of stall varies from 6 feet to 6 feet 6 inches, 

 depending on the size of the horse, this is not long enough 

 to allow the pendulum movements of the body. It is here 

 convenient to note that the head ropes in bad weather 

 must not be tied too short, or the horse will be unable to 

 properly adjust his body to the rolling. 



The internal width of the stall should be from 2 feet 

 2 inches to 2 feet 4 inches, depending on the size of the 

 horse. No padding of any kind is required in stalls ; the 

 haunch piece previously spoken of is hollowed out for a 

 horse to rest in, but this piece is quite unnecessary if the 

 stalls are made longer, and carried right up the ship's side 

 as they should be. 



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