. Frank Forester's horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Horses; Race horses; Chevaux; Chevaux de course. 418 THE HORSE. Loose boxes should not be less than twelve feet square; but the best size is fifteen by twelve. Stalls should not be less than eight feet—nine is better—in depth, by six in width ; and the stable from wall to wall shouM not be less than fifteen feet in the clear. There should be cup- boards and shelves, for buckets, currycombs, brushes, chamois leathers, and such other things \ and proper places for securing pitchfork
. Frank Forester's horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Horses; Race horses; Chevaux; Chevaux de course. 418 THE HORSE. Loose boxes should not be less than twelve feet square; but the best size is fifteen by twelve. Stalls should not be less than eight feet—nine is better—in depth, by six in width ; and the stable from wall to wall shouM not be less than fifteen feet in the clear. There should be cup- boards and shelves, for buckets, currycombs, brushes, chamois leathers, and such other things \ and proper places for securing pitchforks, dung forks, brooms, and the like. Nothing must be left lying about, nor must there be any dark holes and comers, for the accumulation of dirt and rubbish, and the encouragement of lazy and slov- enly grooms. The divisions of tlie stalls should be of good sound two-inch oak, if pos- sible, but if not, of pine, plank. Thin stall divisions are dangerous; as horses will at times kick through them, and lame themselves severely; they should be at least six feet high at the foot post, which should be of solid, stout oak; and they may be a foot higher at the head. Tlie walls should be wainscoted with oak, to the same height as the stalls, all round loose boxes, and wherever they occur in stalls. The best mangers and racks are enamelled iron ones, made in quad- rant form of two foot radius, placed in the opposite comers of stalls or boxes. The manger should be about three feet, and the bottom of the rack about four feet, from the ground. The bars of the rack should be perpendi- cular, and the back of it sloping forward, from the top to the bottom. There should be a seed drawer under it, and, if it be made with the bars loose, so as to revolve like pivots in sockets. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original wor
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