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Show MOW TO TELL A HOHBE'S AOC. lieli liierlenre llequlrrd and Thing. Mara In lie ton.lderad To distinguish merely between the young horse anl the old. It Is only ncccssar) to remember a few salient facts The first Is that tho milk teeth are present In tho horse s mouth until he li between 4 and 5 yeara old The ccon I fact I. that the ' mark, or dark central depression on the surfaca of tho Incisors becomes grs lually worn out anl In a hone over 8 yeara old has nearly always disappeared from the teeth of the lower Jaw The third fact la that the shape of the tooth Is much wider from side to side than It la from front to back Aa the horss I becomes older the surface becomes pro ' gresslvely narrower, from aide to side, j and thus In.tesd of remaining alwaya oblong It become! triangular, and . then In very old animals flattened from . side to side In young horses then, i we Judge the age by observing which J of the milk teeth are present, and , which have been replaced by perms- ncnt ones To distinguish between tho milk teeth and the permanent, ro- f member that tho milk teeth are smaller, small-er, whiter, and have a distinct neck i Until a colt Is over 2 yeara ol 1 his teeth are all milk teeth and the age la estimated from the amount of wear shown on tho crowns of the teeth Between Be-tween 1 and S the first of the permanent perma-nent teeth mike their appearance, and push out the middle two teeth In both upper and lower Jaws A horse li aid to be 3 years old when these central cen-tral permanent Incisors are fully In wear During tbo next summer the socond pair of permanent teeth appear, ' and when they are fully grown and In wear tho horse Is 4 years old tie-tween tie-tween 4 and S the last pair makes Its appearance and now the horse ha. what Is called a full mouth Bo far both mares and horses aro alike, but at or near E yean old tho canines or A ' tushes ' appear In the male six only. -, Up to the end of this period the determination de-termination of tbo age li a comparatively compara-tively easy matter, and any ono who Is at all observant can readily giro the . age of horses by looking at their teeth, j After a full mouth li attained It I. a Imore difficult matter, and the difllculty , of accurately telling the age of old 1 hone, li greater In proportion to their axe Bo much I. this tin case that It Is popularly supposed that It la Impossible Im-possible to tell the age of horses after J I they are 8 years old Thla may bi m I true to a atest' silent, among the n- JjL ) trained and Inexperienced but to an jMt' expert 'Itlla not dlScu't tsitell the UKSi up to'lfi renr-'w'lh'a fair decree of ojHH curacy an I after that age to approx?w',H Imato It within a couple of years To 1 do thli lucces.fully requires much experience ex-perience and a careful Inspection of all vl.lble Indications of age To rely upon one only such as the msrk 1. to court defeat All should be observedthe ob-servedthe mark the ahipe of the teeth tholr length and the angle at which they meet tho.e of the other Jaw -Pall Mall Oa-ctte. |