10 HAY SEED, OR HOW TO 



Attention should be directed to the shedding of the 

 molars in the three-year-old, the roots becoming absorbed, 

 the crowns of the teeth get loose and hang to the gums. 

 and should be removed as they will cut the cheek and 

 make the mouth sore. ]Many horses I am satisfied suffer 

 from toothache with decayed teeth, and when a decayed 

 tooth is discovered it ought to be removed immediately, 

 upon its first attempt to ac/ie. The presence of decayed 

 teeth may be detected by such symptoms, as improperly 

 masticated food passing the bowels undigested, tossing 

 the head, discharge from one nostril, irritable disposition 

 pulling or driving on one rein, and pulling at the bit or 

 refusal to take hold of the bit. The remedy for de- 

 cayed teeth is removal. You will need the assist- 

 ance of some one skilled in Veterinary dentistry, to re- 

 move a decayed molar tooth. The upper jaw being 

 wider than the under one, the outer margin of the upper 

 grinders become sharp, and unless this over-growth is 

 removed with a tooth-rasp, the cheek, coming in contact 

 with the sharp edges of the grinders, gets sore, and check- 

 ing a horse aggravates him, as it presses the cheek against 

 the teeth with greater force. The inside margins of the 

 lower grinders get sharp in the same w^ay, and hurt the 

 tongue, and no horse can be made to trot or pace fast, 

 that has teeth that hurt or aggravate him, and as a trainer, 

 you should always keep a tooth-rasp handy, they cost lit- 

 tle, and you can remove the sharp edges of teeth as well 

 as any one, but for the extraction of a grinder, you had 

 better employ a Veterinary dentist, as it is quite an under- 

 taking. The reason a horse cannot go fast with teeth 

 that hurt him is, that if he carries his head one sided, as 

 he will invariably do if he is driving on one rein, he can't 

 go square, and is bound to tangle in his gait, and of 

 course cannot speed fast. I have seen horses in a race 

 in scoring, that carried their heads one sided, and pulled 

 on one rein ; these horses were suffering from imperfect 

 teeth or effects of same. These horses knowing /107a to 

 go, would finally take hold of the bit and go fast, but this 

 yva.s game in its triumph over infirmity, the horse having 



