302 THE CONDITION OF HUNTERS 



sound in their wind. Moreover, a horse sometimes 

 grunts in acute pleurisy. 



THE TEETH AND AGE 



In a work of this description it is not necessary to 

 enter into a detailed account relating to the horse's 

 teeth, and its age as judged from an inspection of 

 the same. 



Briefly, the Editor wishes to say that a horse has a 

 temporary or sucking set of teeth, and a permanent one. 



The temporary incisors make their appearance 

 in " pairs" and are subsequently replaced in " pairs " 

 by the permanent ones. There are a central pair, 

 a middle pair, and a lateral or corner pair, and these 

 make their appearance in the order named. Therefore 

 the upper and lower jaws have each six incisor teeth. 



In horses — exceptionally in mares — there are four 

 tusks, but these are permanent from the commence- 

 ment, but do not appear until about the age of four 

 years, and are weU up at five years. 



There are twelve temporary molars — three in each 

 jaw — and these are called the first, second, and third, 

 in order to distinguish them from the fourth, fifth, and 

 sixth, that subsequently follow, but are permanent. 



When the dentition of the molars is complete, this 

 makes the number twenty-four. 



The first pair of temporary incisors appear shortly 

 after birth. These are the centrals, to be followed 

 in about a month by another pair — the laterals — and 

 by the time the foal is six months the corner temporary 

 incisors will be in the mouth. 



