Rensselaer Union, Volume 7, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1874 — The Position of Windows in Horse Stables. [ARTICLE]

The Position of Windows in Horse Stables.

We t'uid in a German exchange some curious observations on the manner in which the position of the windows in the stable afteets the eyesof a horse. In one instance the horses of a farmer —fine animals, celebrated for their excellent condition—were kept in a stable lighted Only Jay-a small window at-one side. When light was needed for work the door was temporarily left open; the result was that nearly all of these animals had eyes of unequal st rength, and in time a number of them betaine blind on the side toward the window. A strong light directly in the horses’ faces has been found to weaken the sight. The worst position of all for a stable window is in front of the horses and much higher than their heads. An officer had bought a perfectly sound mare from a gentleman whose stable was lighted by windows at the rear of the spills. The animal was sound and perfectly satisfactory. After three months she became suddenly “ ground-shy;” on examining her eyes they were found directed upward, and this was explained bv the fact, that the windows •of the officer's stable were situated above the head of the stalls, the eyes being generally drawn in that direction. She was removed to another stable where the light was admitted from all sides, and in three months’ time the difficulty had. disappeared. Another officer reports that during tin? campaign of 1870, in Erance, he rode a horse that was a capital jumper. On his return from the war he placed this animal in his stable, the windows of which were above the front oftlTe stalls, and in a short time the horse became so shy of the ground that he had to sell it. He had had a similar experience with other saddle-horses, all of which became ground-sliy in his stall. One animal in particular, a thorough-bred' mare, renowned for her jumping qualities, refused in a short timetopross the smallest obstacle, and'when forced to cross a tootwide gully made a leap that would have cleared a ditch fourteen feet wide. Owners of horses who find that their animals shy at objects on the ground or at their side would do well to look tp the windows of their stables for an explanation ot the evil.-r-Amerfcobi Agriculturist. Protection for poor, annoyed, outraged housekeepers at last. A New Hampshire jury has awarded $145 actual damages to the man whose female servant was enaway by his .envious neighbor, notwithstanding the sum of SSO had been paid-for her passage by the man who was t hus vexiitiously deprived of her sendees. If every one who entices away his neigh bor’s cook shall be mulcted in such daini ageg, hereafter-, housekeeping will soon be relieved of ohe ot its greatest perplexities.—Providence Journal. '' , f .