Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . n cornerteeth, small cups in middle teeth, and still smaller cups in nipperteeth ; seven years old, cups leave nipper teeth ; eight years old,cups leave the middle teeth ; nine years old, cups leave the cor-ner teeth; at ten years old a dark groove will make its appearanceon the upper corner tooth ; at fifteen years old the groove will beone-half way down the upper corner too
Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . n cornerteeth, small cups in middle teeth, and still smaller cups in nipperteeth ; seven years old, cups leave nipper teeth ; eight years old,cups leave the middle teeth ; nine years old, cups leave the cor-ner teeth; at ten years old a dark groove will make its appearanceon the upper corner tooth ; at fifteen years old the groove will beone-half way down the upper corner tooth; at twentj One yearsold the grooves will be at the bottom. At this age give yourWorse his time and let him have rest in his future days. — 229 — The groove alluded to will be found on the corner tooth of theupper jaw, running down the middle of the tooth. When ahorse is from fourteen days to six years old, I judge by tneappearance of both jaws ; when from six to ten years, by thelower jaw, and when from ten to twenty-one years, by the groovein the upper jaw. The above is the only true system in theworld, to my knowledge, for telling a horses age. Gleasons Praotical Illustrations of the Age of t&6 The Foals Jaw at Birth. — 230 —
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