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are turned out to pasture in a field part of 
which is under old grass and part of 
which has been recently sown. When such 
opportunity for exercising choice is given, 
the horses are always to be found on the 
new grass portion. I shall give more precise 
evidence of this on a future page 
OVER-STOCKING : ITS BAD RESULTS 
It is a matter of common knowledge 
among agriculturists and breeders that over- 
stocking results in material injury to 
pasturage 
An example of the bad consequences 
which follow over-stocking, or too prolonged 
use of land for pasturing horses, is furnished 
by the old Royal Stud which was maintained 
for many years at Hampton Court 
For some considerable time it had been 
observed that the yearlings and foals 
suffered greatly from throat and other 
diseases ; and practical judges, including the 
late General Peel, came to the unanimous 
conclusion that the ground at Hampton 
Court, on which for so many _ years 
Thoroughbreds had been kept, was tainted 
by continuous grazing and was unfit for 
