. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. Fig. 3^2—About FourYears. WW TO TELL THE AGE. 317. At Five Years At seven years, the mark, in the way in which we have de-scribed it, is worn out in the central nippers, and fast wearing awayin the corner teeth ; the tush also is beginning to be altered. It isrounded at the point, rounded atthe edges, still round without,and beginning to get round eight years the tush isrounder in every way ; the markis gone from all the bottom nip-pers, and it may almost be said tobe out of th
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. Fig. 3^2—About FourYears. WW TO TELL THE AGE. 317. At Five Years At seven years, the mark, in the way in which we have de-scribed it, is worn out in the central nippers, and fast wearing awayin the corner teeth ; the tush also is beginning to be altered. It isrounded at the point, rounded atthe edges, still round without,and beginning to get round eight years the tush isrounder in every way ; the markis gone from all the bottom nip-pers, and it may almost be said tobe out of the mouth. There isnothing remaining in the bottomnippers that can afterward clearlyshow the age of the horse. Theupper nippers will give some indi-cations, but nothing certain. After the age of eight years,there are no points that will en-able determining age with any degree of accuracy. A horse thatis fed on corn will show an older mouth than one that is fed on oatsand sloppy feed. The usual time for determininga horses age is in May ; but a coltmay come any time between thenand fall, so that the wearing awayof the teeth or disappearing of themarks or
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