lOO HOW TO CHOOSE A HORSE 



and corners, therefore at 2^ years, 3^ 

 years, and 4^ years, the teeth, cut three 

 months before, will touch the edges of the 

 corresponding teeth in the upper row. 



At 3 years the front edges of the centrals 

 (lower are usually referred to only) will be 

 slightly worn. 



How shall we know whether such-and- 

 such a horse is rising '' 3 " (2 years and 9 

 months), or 3 off (3 years and 3 months) ? 



If the cutting surfaces — tables, as they are 

 called — are worn both on the front and back 

 edges, the animal may be judged 3 off, 

 confirmed by evidence that the laterals will 

 soon be cast off. 



A four-year-old is readily told by the 

 lateral incisors being worn on their front 

 edges, but it is, as in the case of the 

 "three-year-old," needful to be able to 



