FOURTEEN YEARS. 



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Fig. 142. 



Fourteen Years (Figs. 140, 141, 142). — This figure is taken from 

 the mouth of a horse fourteen years of age. The leveling of the teeth 

 would onl}^ indicate about ten years of age, but a close examination of 

 the tables shows (1) that the pinchers are nearly triangular ; (2) the 

 intermediate teeth commence to become so ; (3) the dental star is per- 

 fectly distinct, narrow, and rounded ; (4) the inferior incisive arch is 

 depressed in its centre. Seen from in front, the teeth show no cement, 

 and the inferior teeth are so horizontal as to be hidden unless the head, 

 is raised. In profile, the inferior corner tooth is no more oblique than 

 that of a horse ten j'ears of age, is narrow in front to behind, and has 

 about the same diameter its entire length. The superior corner tooth is 

 notched. The incidence of the incisive arches is acute. All of these 

 characters indicate that it is older than would be supposed from the first 

 observation of the teeth. 



