. Gleason's veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming [microform] : in two parts. Veterinary medicine; Horses; Horse-training; Médecine vétérinaire; Chevaux; Chevaux. THE AGE OF THE HORSE. Devermined by the Appearance of the The safest way of determining: the age of a horse is by the ap|)earance of the teeth, which underg-o certain chang^es in the courseof years. Alf houtfh it ma^ be impossible to give any rule* which will be found to be exactly correct tn every ca.:e, yet the following classification is gener- ally lorrect; but exceptions wilfoccur, as, for instance, a noble hor
. Gleason's veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming [microform] : in two parts. Veterinary medicine; Horses; Horse-training; Médecine vétérinaire; Chevaux; Chevaux. THE AGE OF THE HORSE. Devermined by the Appearance of the The safest way of determining: the age of a horse is by the ap|)earance of the teeth, which underg-o certain chang^es in the courseof years. Alf houtfh it ma^ be impossible to give any rule* which will be found to be exactly correct tn every ca.:e, yet the following classification is gener- ally lorrect; but exceptions wilfoccur, as, for instance, a noble horse may be taken for younger than be really is, because the strong structure of all the bones make the teeth also stronger than those of a horse of the same age, or an inferior breed. Eight to fourteen days after birth, the first middle nippers pf the set of milk teeth are cut (Fig. i); four to six weeks afterwards, the pair next to them (Fig. a); and finally, after six or eight months, the last (Fig. 3), All these milk teeth have a well-defined body and neck, and a slender fang, and on their front surfaces grooves or furrows, which disappear from the middle nippers sX the end of one year; from the next pair in two years ; and from the incisive teeth (cutters) m threv yaars. At the ag^e of two the nippers become loose and fall out; in their places appear two pertna* nent teeth, with deep, black cavities, and full, sharp edges (Fig. 4). At the age of three, the next pair (Fig. 5) fall out. At four years old, the corner teeth fall out (Fig. 6). At five years old, the horse has his permanent set of teeth. ^ The teeth grow in length as the horse advances in years, but at the same time, his teeth are worn away, by use, about one-twelfth of an inch every year, so that the black cavities of the centre nippers below disappear in the sixth year (Fig. 7); those of the next pair, in the seventh year (Fig. 8); and those of the corner teeth, in the Jghth year (Fig. 9). Also the outer corn
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