->    How ingenious! I've a feeling that German barn may have had water piped
-> in
-> as an afterthought.  The faucet next to the tackroom (inside wall) was OK 
if
-> left dripping, but the lines to the individual stalls (along outside 
alls)
-> invariably had to be shut off for the duration. It's a good thing they had 
a
-> lot of unpaid enthusiastic help from their customers - hand-watering 60
-> horses can get to be a chore...
Yeah I can imagine in a barn that big it is a real chore to water all of 
hem.
Most of the stables around here use a hose in the winter time.  After they 
re
done with it they normally store it in the heated tack room or some similar
place like that.
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