The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . HOW TO TELL THE AGE. 563. Fig. 318.—At 5 years. vex. It is still as concave within, and the erlgo nearly as sliarpas it was six months before. At six years the mark on the central nippers is worn outIn the next pair the mark isshorter, broader, and fainter ;and in the c
The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . HOW TO TELL THE AGE. 563. Fig. 318.—At 5 years. vex. It is still as concave within, and the erlgo nearly as sliarpas it was six months before. At six years the mark on the central nippers is worn outIn the next pair the mark isshorter, broader, and fainter ;and in the corner teeth, theedges of the enamel are moreregnlar, and the surface is ev-idently worn. The tush hasattained its full growth, beino-nearl}^ oi- quite an inch inlength; convex outward, con-cave within; tending to apoint, and the extremity some-what curved. The horse mayjiow be saitl to have a perfectmouth, as all the teeth areproduced and fully grown. At seven years, the mark, in the way in which we have de-scribed it, is worn out in the central nippers, and fast wearingaway in the corner teeth; the tush also is beginning to be altered^ It is rounded at the point;rounded at the edges; stillround without; and besfinnino-to get round inside. At eight years the tush isrounder in every way; themark is gone from all the bot-tom nippers, and it may
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