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rule is incontrovertible — that after the mark 

 f which i^ the general guide) is obliterated^ 

 the longer the teeth are, and the narrower 

 the under jaw is towards its extremity, the 

 Baore the horse is advanced in years. 



But, as the age of the horse is so distinctly 

 abstracted from, and unconnected with, the 

 description of disease which becomes more 

 immediately the subject of discussion, 1 shall 

 leave the former to the subtle decision of the 

 stable disputants, to whose province it may 

 fee said to belong, and whom it more mate^ 

 rially concerns. 



There can be but little doubt that who- 

 ever becomes a purchaser, at the present 

 hi«^h price of sound, fresh, and fashionable 

 horses, will proportion the price to such de- 

 jEciencies as times and circumstances render 

 unavoidable; and make pecuniary alio wances^ 

 for advanced age, broken zvind, bad eyes, spaviuy 

 spknfs, and a long detail of incidental imper- 

 fections. But as such necessary circumspec- 

 tion does not always take place with the 

 young and inexperienced purchaser, a con- 

 cise hint not to acquire too many infirmities. 



