Show HOW TO TELL A HORSES AOE AGM much Eli experience ponee acquired and n things than to bo be Coir lter to d I 1 astl jag merely between the th young horse and the old it Is 1 only necessary to r a few falleni facts ithe farst Is that the milk teeth are present la in the horses mouth until he Is between 4 and 6 5 years old the th second fact la Is that the mark of 0 ark dark central depression on the surface arace of the incisors becomes gradually w worn ora out and in a horse over 8 year old has nearly always disappeared from the teeth of the lower jaw the third fact Is that the shape of the tooth li is much wider from side to side bide than it to la fiam front to back As ai the horse becomes older the surface becomes pro gres narrower from side elde to tide side and thus instead of remaining always alway oblong it becomes triangular and then in very old animals flattened from side eide to side in young horses then we judge the age by observing which of the milk teeth are present and which have been replaced by permanent ones to distinguish between the milk teeth and the permanent remember that the milk teeth are smaller whiter and have a distinct neck until a colt to la over 2 years old his hl teeth are all milk teeth and the age Is estimated from tile the amount of wear shown on tho the crowns of the teeth between 2 and 3 the first of the permanent teeth make their appearance and push out the middle two teeth in both upper and lower jaws A horse la 18 said to be 3 years old when these central permanent incisors are fully in wear during the next summer the second pair of permanent teeth appear and when they are fully grown and la in wear the horse to la 4 deais old between 4 and 6 5 the last pair makes its lt appearance and now the horse has baa what la Is called a full mouth so far both mares and horses are alike but at or near 5 years old the canines or bushes hes 11 appear I 1 in a the male sex only up to the end of this period the determination of the age agens Is a comparatively easy matter and any one who Is at RII all observant can readily give the age of horses by looking at their teeth after a full fall mouth Is attained it Is a more difficult mitter matter and the difficulty of accurately telling the ago age of ou oli horses la Is greater in proportion to thell age so much la Is this the case that it is s popularly supposed that it to Is impossible to tell the age of horses aftel I 1 they are 8 years old this may 19 t true to a great extent among the un trained and inexperienced but to ai a expert it la is not difficult to tell the as ag up to 15 years with a fair degree of no aoi curacy an and d after that age to applon imata it within a couple of years tt do this successfully requires much experience peri ence and a careful inspection of ai all visible indications of age to rely rell upon one ona only such as the I 1 mark it if to court defeat all should be obi served the mark the shape ot of thal th teeth their length and the angle at which they meet those of the othet jaw pall mall gazette |