Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . old, then stop and repeat. I haverepeatedly made the experiment,and it certainly seemed to repeatthe age of the horse ; but I could not feel satisfied that the motion of the ring was not in agreat measure controlledby the involuntary move-ment of the hand. Theman who gave the ideamade the experiment inthe presence of the writer,with apparent success. Jockeys frequently re-sort to cutting down theteeth of aged horses, soas to simulate as much aspossible the appearanceof the mouth at eigh
Magner's ABC guide to sensible horseshoeing : a simple and practical treatise on the art of shoeing horses . old, then stop and repeat. I haverepeatedly made the experiment,and it certainly seemed to repeatthe age of the horse ; but I could not feel satisfied that the motion of the ring was not in agreat measure controlledby the involuntary move-ment of the hand. Theman who gave the ideamade the experiment inthe presence of the writer,with apparent success. Jockeys frequently re-sort to cutting down theteeth of aged horses, soas to simulate as much aspossible the appearanceof the mouth at eight or nine years of age. This was formerlydone by sawing or filing, but morerecently there has been invented,by Dr. Lancer, a leading veterinarysurgeon of New Jersey, a very in-genious instrument for chippingoff the teeth, so that the front nip-pers can be cut down very quicklyand easily by any amateur. Butthe breadth of the teeth and otherchanges of form, as explained, willexpose the deception ; also thedeep hollow and gray hair aboutthe eyes, with the under lip con- Fig. 391.—Aboi;t Twenty Years Fig. 390.—About Twelve Years Old.
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