. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. Fig 8—upper niiplrs, in ihl h in \lu ld horsf A. Anterior maxillary Imne. 3. 3. Corner nippers, showing tlie niarlt. A 2^- 1. 1. Central nippers, wuru to a plane plainly enough. iV * • Hr ^ surface. 4, 4. Tuj^hos, more \vorn down than in 2. 2. Next pair, still showing a slight the lower jaw of the six-year-old remnant of the cavity. iiiuuth. At about the eiohtii ykar, the upper nippers present the 264 THE HORSE. same appearance as already described in the lower nippers at sixyears old. Both tushes are considerably
. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. Fig 8—upper niiplrs, in ihl h in \lu ld horsf A. Anterior maxillary Imne. 3. 3. Corner nippers, showing tlie niarlt. A 2^- 1. 1. Central nippers, wuru to a plane plainly enough. iV * • Hr ^ surface. 4, 4. Tuj^hos, more \vorn down than in 2. 2. Next pair, still showing a slight the lower jaw of the six-year-old remnant of the cavity. iiiuuth. At about the eiohtii ykar, the upper nippers present the 264 THE HORSE. same appearance as already described in the lower nippers at sixyears old. Both tushes are considerably worn away at their points,and the upper ones more so than the lower. At nine years of age the upper middle nippers are worndown completely. The next pair have a sli<;ht mark left, buttheir surfaces are quite level, and the corner nippers have only abhick .ctain. without any central FlO. 9.—LOWER NIPPEUS AND LEFT TUSH OF A VERT OLD DORSE, THE RIGHT HATINQFALLEN OCT. After nine years the age of the horse can only be guessedat from his teeth, which gradually grow in length, and are morein a line with the jaw. The section of each nipper presented tothe eye becomes more and more triangular instead of being oval,as seen in figs. 7 and 8; but after about the twelfth year thetriangular section disappears, and the tooth becomes nearly accordance with the increase of length is the color of thetooth altered, being of a dirty yellow in very old horses, withoccasional streaks of brown and black. The tushes wear down toa very small size, and very often one or both drop out. Allusion has already been made to the practice of re-moving the milk nippers for the purpose of inducing a more rapidgrowth of the next set, which, however, is not materially affectedby the operation ; but dishonest dealers have recourse to anotherdeception, called bishojnng, by which an aged ho
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