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Show HORSES' AGE To toll tho age of any borso, Inspect tho lower Jaw, of :ourso: Tho six front teeth tho tnlo will toll, And every doubt nnd fear dlspol. Two middle nippers J 011 behold fieforo tho oolt Is two weeks 'Id, TV Before eight weoks two moro will como, Eight months tho corners cut tho gum. Tho outsldo grooves will disappear, From mlddlo two in Just ono jear. In two years from tho second pair, In threo years "corners," too, aro baro. At two tbo mlddlo "nippers" drop; At threo tho second pair can't ulop; When four years old tho third pair goes, ' At flvo a full set ho shows. Tho deep black spots will pa3 from vlow At six years, from tho mlddlo two; Tho second pair at seven jears; At eight tho spot each cornor cleai'3, From mlddlo "nippers" upper J.iw At nlno tho black spots will withdraw; with-draw; Tho second pair at ten nro bright; Eleven finds tho corners llgnt. As tlmo goes on tho horsemen know The oval teeth threo sided ijrow; They longer get project beforo Till twenty, when wo know no i;i'ro. Dr. David Itoborts. |