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Show jrlOW OLD IS YOUR HORSE? You Can Tell by the Size and Form i of His Teeth. ji irJ ;:d: - If- m !'.", .', .. - : '' J The upper row are typical of a horse that has reached the age of three years. At that age there are four permanent per-manent nippers on a level with the neighboring teeth. These permanent teeth can be recognized by their greater great-er size, their square form and the groove on the outer face. The lower figure illustrates the teeth of a horse at 2' 2 years old. Then the nippers are just pushing through the gums, while the middle and corner foal teeth are not yet shed. Mentality of the Horse. The mental attitude of a horse .should he taken into consideration when nsiiiK liim for a breeder, and the same should be I stiid of marcs. Horses differ greatly in their mentalities. Unit is the men 'al aliiuides they show towards men and fiiinsjs. iriclmlinu work. The i lialkv horse ii S ;l menial attitude j lliut o:al( 'S him hard lc deal with. We J 1 1 1 1 1 1 .some horses lhal are all gentle ness 1..V fialllie. They seem to wish 10 j please. On the other ham we Mild j hui.-i .-, thai are mJy b nature and I snik whenever everythinu does not go lo idease tlvm. This is more than fdii-.-aiion. Il is feni,ei'ai!ie:il. There ate ho; sen whh so much of I he desir-I desir-I able unnliiies in iliejr makeup, that it lis ilillietili to believe thai education in the '.viotin direction would make then ol lierv.;se. This matter should receive attention from all breeders. I Don't Mix Ancestry Records. Every ini"llije,u iin, ,,,ni.st hreeder of hoirs is very particular in keeping his lit ' lers marked so (here will be no quos j lion of its ancestry. There are hut a j lev. families in the different breeds of ! v.vmo i!,at have h :en of ai: pa rl ienlar j aim.' in assist inn ilieir ow ners in rais-i rais-i 'lis the siamlaid of excellence in the j breed; occasionally nmril shows up unexpectedly, and from a quarter when' v.e expected a phenomena we I .iu.-u a common hot;. Speaker al '-'.VilK' Mcetiim, What It Costs to Die. J It costs us about $ L'.",.n.ii,0iifi a year to bury our dead in America. There I ru-nn" "''" day. and. included I In the expenses are colli n8 cas.;ets ; metal or Mate outside boxes, uphoi-' stery crape, hire of hol.Ses. carria,- and trains, purchase of cemetery lot, , and te-is for the undertaker and mln- ller New York Press I |