. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. ded, the chill should betaken off the water if very cold, and given sparingly, or only a fewswallows at a time. The common custom is to give about a halfbucketful. The safer course would be to give less and repeat. The rule for ordinary use should be, to give a small quantityoften during the day, and let the animal pursue his journey or laborimmediately after. If allowed to stand, the system is liable to bechilled, and the absorbents closed, which is the common cause oflaminitis or found
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. ded, the chill should betaken off the water if very cold, and given sparingly, or only a fewswallows at a time. The common custom is to give about a halfbucketful. The safer course would be to give less and repeat. The rule for ordinary use should be, to give a small quantityoften during the day, and let the animal pursue his journey or laborimmediately after. If allowed to stand, the system is liable to bechilled, and the absorbents closed, which is the common cause oflaminitis or founder, although this disease may not develop itselfuntil twelve or twenty-four hours afterward. Any cause which willchill the horse — either cold winds or cold water—will be almostsure to produce this disease. Chapter XIX. HOW TO TELL THE AGE. IT is sometimes very important to be able to determine the ag^ofa horse ; and as this is indicated most surely by the teeth, I havenad made, under my special supervision, a large proportion ofthe illustrations here given, which will be found the fullest and most. Fig. 373.—The Teeth. complete published in this country. I encountered very serious dif-ficulties in obtaining these illustrations, as I found it next to impos-sible to give the artist an idea of the changes occurring in the teethand form of the jaw with age, but they are as accurate as I could se-cure. I have tried also to make the description so simple as to enable any ordinary person to determine the age of horses with considerable accuracy, or so nearly as to prevent being seriously imposed upon. In doing this, I have not hesitated to appropriate the language o others when adapted to my purpose. At first the jaw is small, andto accommodate the position, temporary, or what is termed milkteeth, are grown ; these are succeeded by permanent teeth, as thejaws become larger and stronger. As the front teeth, or nippers,only are usually studied to note the changes which determine
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