Horsemanship, or, The art of riding and managing a horse : adapted for the guidance of ladies and gentlemen, on the road and in the field : with instructions for breaking in colts and young horses . )artially worn down, the two lateral. teeth are less so, and the outside ni])pers are but littleworn, having the cavities deep and long. The cavitiesin the centre nippers arc less distinct than in any of theothers, but they are still long, narrow, and black. These cavities in the teeth of the lower jaw constitute 132 HORSEMANSHIP. what is called the mark in the mouth,^^ and are lookedupon generally
Horsemanship, or, The art of riding and managing a horse : adapted for the guidance of ladies and gentlemen, on the road and in the field : with instructions for breaking in colts and young horses . )artially worn down, the two lateral. teeth are less so, and the outside ni])pers are but littleworn, having the cavities deep and long. The cavitiesin the centre nippers arc less distinct than in any of theothers, but they are still long, narrow, and black. These cavities in the teeth of the lower jaw constitute 132 HORSEMANSHIP. what is called the mark in the mouth,^^ and are lookedupon generally as being the best criterion by which tojudge of the age of the horse. The gradual wearingdown of the permanent teeth obliterates this marhy^and when it is not palpable in any of them the horse ispronounced to be aged. In colts the tusks, or tushesdo not make their appearance until past three years old,and in mares they are not visible until the period of oldage. TWO YEARS the age of two years all the surfaces of the teeth
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