. Frank Forester's horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Horses; Race horses; Chevaux; Chevaux de course. fllijfiuinw STABLE FLOOR AND WINDOWS. 417 increase his in- B in particular, by Comus Otit nd four white ^nnere Sntton, Ige, which had f the cleverest •ations of joy, i uproarions as nd every word trained to the lis heels, kick lid do a dozen lOut any touch lorse of extra- won me three 3, trot fifteen, y own weight, vood or hrick, 1 Yet it must 3 kept as cool t, if it can be e of about 70 -certainly not and beasts of id the drains af
. Frank Forester's horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Horses; Race horses; Chevaux; Chevaux de course. fllijfiuinw STABLE FLOOR AND WINDOWS. 417 increase his in- B in particular, by Comus Otit nd four white ^nnere Sntton, Ige, which had f the cleverest •ations of joy, i uproarions as nd every word trained to the lis heels, kick lid do a dozen lOut any touch lorse of extra- won me three 3, trot fifteen, y own weight, vood or hrick, 1 Yet it must 3 kept as cool t, if it can be e of about 70 -certainly not and beasts of id the drains afore the rush sh, if it blows hill should be npatible with hich purpose the material •e so as to be (lonia: which will oifend the air, and tend to produce heat in the feet of the animal. I consider planks, which are the ordinary flooring of Amer- ican stables, exceedingly objectionable on this score. Hard brick, set edgewise in cement, or good well squared -aving stones, or even cobble stones, set in the same manner, or flagstones chiselled in deep grooves, so as to prevent tlie horse from slipping, all make good flooring for stalls and boxes, but I greatly prefer the first. The best covering for drain mouths, which should be in the centre of loose boxes, with the floor gently descending to them on all sides, and at the foot of stalls, is a large flagstone, chis- elled with intersecting grooves at right angles, an inch wide by half an inch deep, with perforations at every point of intersec- tion. llie stable should be, at least, twelve feet high in the dear; beside having a shaft, or dome, ascending through the loft to a cujjola, which should be provided with ventilators of Collins' new pa- tent plan, which allows the egress of the hot and tainted air as it as- cends, but prevents the ingress of descending currents from above. The bottom of tlio windows, which should be opposite to each other, so as to admit of a thorough draft in hot weather, should not bo less than eight f
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