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tusks be large, yellow, blunt, and round, it is 

 an indication of age. In young horses, they 

 are smaller, cleaner, sharper, and whiter. A 

 young horse's fore teeth stand close together at 

 the edges above and below, but those of an old 

 one do not: the upper ones project, and are 

 long, foul, and yellow. If an aged horse have 

 white teeth, it is not uncommon to give him a 

 false mark, by burning the centre of the cor- 

 ner teeth with a small pointed iron, and by 

 putting oil of tartar into it, wliich blackens it, 

 so as to give it a natural appearance; but good 

 judges will easily detect it. The artificial 

 mark will be of a much deeper black than the 

 natural one. The eye of an old horse sinks 

 inwardly, looks dead, and is very hollow above 

 the eye. The under jaw-bone of an aged 

 horse, rather above the under lip, is sharp at 

 the edges *, that of a young horse is round ; 

 which is to be attributed to the flesh of the lat- 

 ter being more firm than that of an old one. 

 If some grey hairs appear on the eye-brows of 

 dark coloured horses, they denote age. The 

 ridges or bars in the middle of the mouth of 

 an old horse appear dry and lean-, but in a 

 young one they are high and plump. The 



