. American horses and horse breeding. A complete history of the horse from the remotest period in his history to date. The horseman's encyclopedia and standard authority on horses, embracing breeds, families, breeding, training, shoeing, and general management. The modern and practical horse doctor on the cause, nature, symptoms, and treatment of diseases of all kinds ... Horses; 1895. DENTITION AND AGE AS SHOWN BY TEETH, ETC. 303 when first matured, and have the marks almost worn out. As with the others, a change next takes place in the corner nippers. At four and a half, or between four and
. American horses and horse breeding. A complete history of the horse from the remotest period in his history to date. The horseman's encyclopedia and standard authority on horses, embracing breeds, families, breeding, training, shoeing, and general management. The modern and practical horse doctor on the cause, nature, symptoms, and treatment of diseases of all kinds ... Horses; 1895. DENTITION AND AGE AS SHOWN BY TEETH, ETC. 303 when first matured, and have the marks almost worn out. As with the others, a change next takes place in the corner nippers. At four and a half, or between four and five, they begin to strip, and are soon replaced by their successors. At this period also the animal starts his tushes. They come up be- tween the nippers and grinders, rather nearer the former than the latter, but the distance increases as the jaw grows, which continues until seven. At five, the mouth being full, the nippers all set, the four tushes from three to five months old, the colt becomes a horse, and at the same age the filly a mare, her mouth passing through the same changes except as regards the tushes, Avhich, in many cases, do not appear at all, while in others appear only small. Cut !No. 5 shows the five-year-old mouth, which is called the full mouth. Cut "No. 6 represents the six-year-old mouth, with the mark entirely gone in the front pair of nippers. There still remains, however, a slight depression in the cement filling of the center, and this is, of course, sur- rounded by enamel. This de- pression is of a dark or brown color. Outside of this ring of enamel the bony substance is also worn below the level of the enamel, and also pre- sents a stained or brown ap- pearance. The second pair are approaching the appearance of the first, the mark being short, broad, and faint; the corner ones show evident signs of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and a
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