82 THE AGE. 



horse whose teeth are at all long, and at the 

 same time yellow, and projecting a little obliquely 

 forward, you may be sure is no chicken. At ten 

 years old, the lower horse-nippers also begin to 

 lose their oblong shape, so that at fifteen they 

 are nearly triangular from the front of the mouth 

 backward. (See sketches below.) 



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As a horse grows old, the pit above the eye 

 deepens; but this will also be found sunken in 

 one that is much emaciated, and it is thought 

 to be observable in those that have been got by 

 old stallions. 



The comparative ages between horse and man 

 have been estimated at about the following com- 

 parison : one year of the horse to every four of 

 man being reckoned from the age of two up to 

 that of ^en, and after that less. Thus, 



A horse at 2 years is as a boy of 8 years. 



