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Remember Ttii^. 



To Tell the Age of Horses. 



To tell the age of any horse, , 

 Inspect the lower jaw, of course. 

 The sixth front tooth the tale will tell, 

 And every doubt and fear dispel. 



Two middle "nippers" you behold 

 Before the colt is two weeks old. 

 Before eight weeks, two more will come ; 

 Eight months, the "corners" cut the gum. 



Two outside grooves will disappear 

 From middle two in just one year. 

 In two years from the second pair ; 

 In three the corners, too, are bare. 



At two, the middle "nippers " drop ; 

 At three, the second pair can't stop. 

 When four years old, the third pair goes ; 

 At five a full new set he shows. 



The deep black spots wdll pass from view, 

 At six years, from the middle two. 

 The second pair at seven years ; 

 At eight the spot each '• corner " clears. 



From middle "nippers," upper jaw, 

 At nine the black spots will withdraw. 

 The second pair at ten are white ; 

 Eleven finds the "corners " light. 



As time goes on, the horsemen know, 

 The oval teeth, three-sided grow ; 

 They longer get, project before. 

 Till twenty, which we know no more. 



— Gleason, 



