Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1871-07-21
A Model Horse Stable.

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Field and Farm:
Wednesday morning we looked
| through Mr.. Bonner's new stable on
Fifty-fifth street, near Fifth avenue. II
is handsome building, constructed Of
red brick and gray stone. The style oi
architecture is peculiar, and it gives a
solid yet elegant look to the stable.
The lot is 1O5 feet long by so wide, and
the stable is 80 by so feet. A wide
walk runs around the building, which
gives Mr.. Bonner one of the finest ex-
ercising grounds on Manhattan Island
| The walk is a combination of sand and
yellow clay, and the four corners of the
stable have been rounded, SO that no
rough points are presented. A horse
may break away from the groom but it
would be difficult for him to injure
himself, since there are no rough edges
| for him to come in contact with. The
| interior arrangement of the stable is
neat. To use the homely but expressive
words of Mr.. Bonner, "There is no gin.
gerbread work about it," AS we enter
we see upon the left the wagons and
carriages arranged against the wall. To
the right are harness cases, blanket
presses, and wash closets. Passing
down the hall we come to the stalls,
| five on each side, 10xll feet. The cell
ing is lofty, and in front of each stall
there is an arched window which ex-
tends to the ceiling. These. with the
great ventilator in the center, give an
abundance of light and the purest of
air. 1t is nearly as light in every part
of the stable as it is out in the open
street. This is an excellent idea, as
sunlight is just as necessary to health
as air and exercise. The sides of the
stalls are black walnut and yellow pine,
handsomely finished, and around the
| top is open iron work, giving cheerful
appearance to each stall and permitting
| the horses to scrape each others ac-
uuaintance without atfording them an
opportunity to prove their affection by
| biting each other. 1t also gives the
visitor a chance to look into the box
without pushing open the door; and
| the iron work is so Joined to the wood
as to prevent the worst cribber in the
world from defacing his box. The
drainage of each stall is excellent. The
first floor is tight, descending from head
to foot so that all liquids will run into
the sewer. Upon the tight floor there
is false bottom, with spaces to allow
everything in fluid form to pass be-
meath. This bottom is some three
inches thicker at the foot than it is at
the head, thus making the floor on
which the horse stands perfectly level.
By bringing two exact inclined planes
transversely together, we secure a
smooth plane. This plan, we believe,
is original with Mr.. Bonner and it GER
tainly is one that can be highly COM
mended. In the left hand corner OF
each stall there is q low feed box. 1t is
lined with sheetiron, and around the
top there is a narrow brim which has a
tendency to prevent a greedy horse
| from scattering or overfowing his oats
by thrusting his nose deep down into
them. Mr.. Bonner believes in placing
his feed boxes low, as he argues that it
is natural for horse to bend his neck
in feeding, the same as he does In graz
| ing. The entire walls are elegantly
ceiled with yellow pine, or black walnut
and yellow pine. The whole building
has cheerful, airy appearance, and
everything is parlorlike in it's neatness
The is connected, by walk or balcony
with Mr.. Bonner's elegant new resi-
dence fronting on West Fifty-sixth
street. On Fifth avenue and Fifty
seventh street Mr. Bonner has several
vacant lots enclosed, which he has sown
in blue grass. These lots constitute the
pasture for the grazing of King Dexter
and the other famous flyers. 1t is rather
expensive pasture ground, since Mr..
Bonner has refused over half a million
dollars for the vacant space formed by
tho lots