They permit the horses to bite, and to strike each other, whether in play or in mischief, and some harm is often done in this way. Horses that are idle, playful, or vicious, are constantly doing each other some injury; and those that are at full work, and in want of rest, can not fully obtain it in a baled stable. Then, accidents will occur from the horses getting under or over the bales, and one will rob another of his corn, and infectious diseases will spread rapidly and generally. These evils are sufficient to forbid bales whenever it is possible to have the horses more perfectly separated. Baled stables are not at all fit for valuable horses, and they are the worst of all for a sick horse. It is nothing in their favor that the cavalry horses stand in them. There, a man is in almost constant attendance upon each horse, to watch him while feeding, and to Correct him when mischievous, or to assist him in difficulty. There are plenty of spare stalls and loose boxes for the sick, the lame, and the vicious, and the veterinary surgeon is always at hand to remedy or prevent the worst consequences of acci dents, and the horses do not require the undisturbed repose so necessary to horses in full work.

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In Favor of Bales, it is urged that they are less costly than travises, and that, in a large stable, one or two more standings may be obtained. They have no other advantage. The original cost of fitting up the stable is considerably less. The saving, however, is that of a man alive only to the outlay of the present moment. In two or three years the evils of a baled stable may produce the loss of twice, or, it may be, ten times the sum required for travises. When a space of five and a half or six feet can not be allowed to each horse, bales are to be preferred to travises. They give the tired horse some chance of stretching his legs. He would have none if he were confined to such a narrow stall by a fixed travis. All the additional room that can be thus obtained is just one stall upon every ten. An apartment that would easily hold ten horses is rendered unsafe, uncomfortable to the whole number, merely that it may hold one more. This is sufficiently absurd, Where horses are expected to retain the vigor of perfect health, and perform their work with ease, they must have room to obtain complete repose.

They are worth very little if they can not work for this much, and the owner must be in miserable circumstances if he can not afford it.

Gangway Bales are employed only in the stables of very valuable horses. They are merely bars of wood stretching from the heel-post to the back wall. Two and sometimes three are placed between every two horses. They prevent a horse from leaving his stall, though he should break loose. He can not wander over the stable and injure his neighbors. They are removeable. They are, or ought always to be, in place when the stables are shut up, even for a single hour, and when the groom is dressing the horse with his head free. Some horses never break loose, and never attempt it. Stablemen are apt to trust them too much. They make no use of the gangway bales; it ought to be a standing rule of the stable, that these bales be always in their place. On the eve of an engagement, a racehorse may break loose and receive an injury sufficient to throw him aside. The men are suf ficiently attentive and vigilant at these times; but they ought to be equally so at all times.

Travises are fixed partitions made of wood, and separating the horses so completely that one is not permitted to injure or annoy another. It is the kind of partition generally em ployed in Scotland. We have few baled stables. The travis has been made of stone, of Arbroath pavement, with what intention I can not guess. They are very often too slight and too low, sometimes too short and sometimes too long. When oak wood is employed, the travis need not exceed one inch in thickness, the edges being feathered with iron. Made of fir, it is usually one and a half inch thick; but this is too little. When two or two and a half, the travis is stout and durable. Like all the woodwork of stables, it ought to be of the best Memel timber, well seasoned. In length it may vary from four to nine feet; the latter is the sual measure for a full-sized horse in a roomy stable. Under eight or nine feet, the longer the travis, the less likely is the horse to strike his neighbor.

But room must be left in the gangway for turning horses out, and for passing those which are in. In a narrow, and especially in a double-headed stable, it is a great error to make the travis too long. Horses always like to see what is going on around them; and when the travis is so long and high that they can not see about them, they stand into the gangway and block up the passage. When less than seven feet, the travis is rather short, but a short stall is not so inconvenient as a narrow gangway. Nine feet is the greatest length required for any horse, but this may be abridged if the stable be narrow. In general, a double-beaded stable should have the travises only one third the breadth of the stable; in single-headed stables they may be one half of the whole breadth. In other words, the gangway should be as broad as the stall is long. If the stable be much above the ordinary breadth, of course the travis need not exceed nine feet.

What is called the quarter travis, is a short partition about four feet long. It prevents the horses from biting, and from stealing each other's food, but it affords no protection against the heels, nor does it permit the horse to enjoy his rest It is better than none, and better than a longer one, if the stable be no more than twelve feet broad.

In height the travis should be about seven feet at the head and five at the heels. When lower, it permits the horses to bite and tease each other, and to cast their hind-legs over it. About four feet is the usual height behind; but I have seen a horse throw his leg over one that was four feet six inches. Many serious accidents happen in this way. There is no objection to having the travis high. The upper edge of the travis should be bound with iron, to prevent the horses eating it. Plale-iron answers the purpose well enough. It should cover the edge to the depth of two or three inches.

The Stall-Posts, that is. the posts by which the partition is bound, are usually made of wood, but sometimes of cast-iron. Those next the manger, termed the head-posts, rise five or six inches above the travis, or up to the ceiling. That at the entrance, termed the heel-post, should be round, or octagonal, not square. The corners injure the legs of a kicking horse, and are easily knocked off. These posts are often no higher than the travis, and surmounted by a ball, or some other figure, intended for ornament. But in many stables the heel-post rises to the roof, its extremities being square, the lower sunk in a stone, and the upper attached to the joists. These are better than the short posts; they keep the travis firmer, and they admit of pillar reins at the proper heights. They are useful for hanging harness, and they afford convenience for slinging a horse, should that ever be necessary. The short posts should be round at top, and not more than two inches above the level of the travis. The surmounting ornament is merely an encumbrance : it is in the horse's way when he is turning round. When made of wood, these short posts require to be sunk about three feet in the ground, charred at the ends, and surrounded by masonry three feet in diameter.

When made of cast-iron, they are attached by means of screw-bolts to a large stone below the surface. Short posts, whether of wood or iron, are never so firm as those which rise to the roof of the stable.

In stables intended for valuable fast-working horses each side of the post should have a ring for pillar-reins. These are used when the horse is required to stand reversed in his stall. Coach-horses are reversed, turned with their heads out, for half-an-hour before taking the road. They are turned that they may not go out with a full stomach; they are turned when the groom is cleaning the head and neck. The pillar-reins, one on each side, confine the horse, prevent him from turning, or leaving his stall, and prevent him from biting while under stable operations. The rings should be about six feet from the ground. When short heel-posts are employed, the ring must be on the top of them.

The width of the Stall, I have already said, should vary from five and a half to six feet. For small ponies five feet, or less, may be sufficient; and for very large dray-horses, the stall may be six feet six inches. The stall is roomy at six feet, and for horses about fifteen, or fifteen and a half hands high, it may be two or three inches narrower. When too broad, the horse stands across it, or turns round with his head out and his tail in. When too narrow, he can not lie in that position which is most favorable to repose, and he is apt to have his loins injured when rashly or improperly turned round. The horse should always be backed out, not. turned, when the stall is too little for him.

Rest, in the recumbent position, is of more importance to working-horses than many stablemen appear to be aware of. They seem not to regard a narrow stall as a great evil. Some even lodge two horses all night, after a day of hard work, in one stall, only six feet wide; and, as if it were a matter of indifference whether the horse stand or lie, they expect to find him in condition for work next day. It should always be remembered that a horse can not do full work, unless he have a good bed. He may be cramped in a narrow stall, where he is never permitted to stretch his limbs, or he may be compelled to stand all night, and still he may continue to do a good deal of work; but sooner or later, abuse of this kind tells its own tale. It ruins the legs and the feet, it shortens the horse's pace by at least a mile in the hour; and though he may do his work, yet that work would be done with more ease were he better treated in the stable. In addition to all this, much standing produces gourdy legs and greasy heels.