. Young race-horses : (suggestions for rearing). hting those who devotedthemselves to the sport knew well that freshground was essential to the rearing of strongand hardy birds ; hence it was the practicein the cock-fighting days to insert in leases aclause to the effect that the tenant farmershould run a game cock for his system of walking puppies for theMaster of the Hounds is a modern parallelwhich at once suggests itself. LETTING GRASS LANDS ; RESTRICTIONS ASTO HORSES. More than this, we find in the agreementsrelative to the letting of grass lands in certaincounties stipulatio
. Young race-horses : (suggestions for rearing). hting those who devotedthemselves to the sport knew well that freshground was essential to the rearing of strongand hardy birds ; hence it was the practicein the cock-fighting days to insert in leases aclause to the effect that the tenant farmershould run a game cock for his system of walking puppies for theMaster of the Hounds is a modern parallelwhich at once suggests itself. LETTING GRASS LANDS ; RESTRICTIONS ASTO HORSES. More than this, we find in the agreementsrelative to the letting of grass lands in certaincounties stipulations that prove recognitionof the fact that horses cause peculiar damageto pasture. In Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Cam-bridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, and Denbigh-shire, and doubtless in other parts of England, IO it has long been customary to restrict thenumber of horses which may be grazed onany given area. The following details aretaken from the schedule of the auctioneersbill for the letting of Crows Marshes inNorfolk last year :— Names of Marshes. Head of HorseStock Allowed Big Thurston MarshThurston Hill Marsh ...Thurston Fifteen Acre MarshTwo Marshes over Brick-ArchBill Thurston MarshFowlers Marsh ... The above shows that on an average notmore than one horse may be grazed onabout six acres. It is to be remarked alsothat while the stipulations as to lettingcontain the clause The hirers will berestricted to the number of horse stock asstated in the particulars to each lot, there isno restriction concerning the head of cattlewhich may be grazed thereon. Other docu-ments of the same character show that onsome of the best and richest pastures inLincolnshire horses are not allowed at such bill containing particulars oftwenty-four paddocks and fields aggregatingover 218 acres specifies four fields measur-ing about thirty acres in all, as lots on whichhorses may be grazed. 11 STALE PASTURES UNFAVOURABLE TO HORSES. Horse breeders have not grasped the factthat this deterioration
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