26 OBSERVATIONS. 



thofc whofe immediate profeflion it is to be 

 mod clearly informed of; to the excellent ana- 

 tomical works of the above writers I refer 

 them for a completion of their ftudies, and 

 come to fach a fyftem as it is abfolutely ne- 

 ceflary for every fportfman to underftand, that 

 he may be not only enabled to prefcribe for his 

 own horfes upon emergencies, but to judge of 

 the propriety of their treatment when, by the 

 feverity of circumftances, fubmitted to the 

 fuperiiitendence of others. 



Much multifarious matter has conftantly 

 been introduced relative to the aee of a horfe 

 by his mouth -, where (after all the obferva- 

 tions upon the fubjedl) it becomes an acknow- 

 ledged fadt, by every writer, each fign is doubt- 

 ful, and liable to deception in the various arts 

 and defigns of the dealers, who, by engrav- 

 ing and burning artificial marks in fome teeth, 

 and totally extracting (or beating out) others 

 render the horfe of any feeming age moft ap- 

 plicable to their purpofe. And thefe faults 

 cannot be eafily difcovered but by grooms or 

 judges who are in the conftant habit and prac- 

 tice of making fuch remarks and obfervations. 



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