660 -Di2. CHASE'S RECIPES. 



I. Eight to fourteen days after birth the first middle nippers of the set of 

 milk teeth are cut ; four to six weeks afterward, the pair next to them, and 

 finally, after six or eight months, the last. All these milk teeth have a well 

 defined body, neck and shoulder fang, and on their front surface grooves — or 

 furrows, which disappear from the middle nippers at the end of one year; from 

 the next pair in two years, and from the incisive teeth (cutters) in three years. 



II. At the age of two the nippers become loose and fall out, in their places 

 appear two permanent teeth, with deep, black cavities, and full, sharp edges. 

 At the age of three the next pair fall out. At four years old the corner teeth 

 fall out. At five years old the horse has his permanent set of teeth. 



III. The teeth grow in length as the horse advances in years, but at the 

 same time his teeth are worn away by use, about one-twelfth of an inch every 

 year, so that the black cavities of the nippers below disappear in the sixth year; 

 those of the next pair in the seventh year, and those of the corner teeth in the 

 eight year; also the outer corner teeth of the upper and lower jaws just meet 

 at eight years of age. At nine years old cups leave the two center nippers 

 above, and each of the two upper corner teeth have a little sharp protrusion at 

 the extreme outer corner. At the age of ten the cups disappear from the 

 adjoining teeth; at the age of eleven the cups disappear from the corner teeth 

 above, and are only indicated by brownish spots. 



IV. The oval form becomes broader, and changes, from the twelfth to the 

 sixteenth year, more and more into a triangular form, and teeth lose, finally, 

 with the 20th year, all regularity. There is nothing remaining in the teeth that 

 can aftei-ward clearly show the age of the horse or justify the most experienced 

 examiner in giving a positive opinion. 



V. The tushes or canine teeth, conical in shape, with a sharp point and 

 curved, are cut between the third and fourth year, their points become more 

 and more rounded, until the ninth year, and after that more and more dull in 

 the course of years, and lose, finally, all regular shape. Mares have frequently 

 no tusks, or only faintly indicated. 



What Makes a Horse Shy, and How to Avoid it.— A correspon- 

 dent of the Michigan Fanner, says: "There never was a shying horse that 

 was not near-sighted. Such horses do not see the object until getting right near 

 it. Notlung will break the horse of this habit unless the blinders are discarded 

 and an open head-stall used. Treat the horse kindly. Nev<jr whip him, but try 

 to coax him up to the object, that he may smell of it. One of the worst shy- 

 ers was broken by leading, riding and driving in a meadow among stone, 

 stumps, boxes and buffalo robes in different positions every day, the horse being 

 led up to them and allowed to eat a few oats off of the object. Let any one 

 examine a well-behaved horse's eye and then a " shyer's " eye, and note the dif- 

 fepnce. 



Managing and Shoeing Fractious Horses.— The following valu- 

 able information is from the Live Stock Journal: "A beautiful and high-spirited 

 borse would never allow a shoe to be put on his feet or any person to handle his 

 i'^ei. In attempting to shoe such a horse, recently, he resisted all efforts. 



