Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . ns, 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 cups may in some casesindicate the horse to be older oryounger than he really is. Th
Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . ns, 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 cups may in some casesindicate the horse to be older oryounger than he really is. Theseconditions must be taken into con-sideration. At six years the teeth are rathershort, flat, or wide, and the gumsrun across them horizontally,something like Fig. 384. Afterthe eighth year the gums begin torecede from the center, and the teeth become longer in appear-ance. By looking at Fig. 390, showing twelve years, we can seethat the gum is receded and run to a sharp point at the center ofthe teeth. At twenty years, the teeth are considerably narrowerand longer, and the gums are drawn back Fig. 384.—At Six Years. 126 now TO TELL THE AGE. By observing the face of the teeth, there will gradually be seena change to the triangular form, which can best be seen and de-
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