1C3 PACHYDERM ATA. 



When caught, they are easily subjugated and valuable for their 

 speed, hardness and strength. The usual method of taking 

 them is by the lasso, a running noose at the end of a long 

 leathern thong, thrown with wonderful precision and capable of 

 bearing a sudden and violent strain. 



The horse is a herbivorous animal, as its teeth indicate, and 

 is more scrupulous in the choice of its food than most other 

 quadrupeds, rejecting in the meadow several plants which the ox 

 devours with pleasure. By the peculiar structure of some of 

 the bones of his face, he is enabled to so move his jaws as to 

 comminute and grind down his corn. The best method of judg- 

 ing of a horse's age is from a careful investigation of its teeth. 

 " Five days after birth, the four teeth in front, called nippers, 

 begin to shoot ; these are cast off at the age of two years and a 

 half, but are soon renewed, and in the following year two above 

 and two below, namely one on each side of the nippers, are also 

 thrown off; at four years and a half, other four next those last 

 placed fall out and are succeeded by other four, which grow 

 much more slowly. From these last four corner teeth it is that 

 the animal's age is distinguished, for they are somewhat hollowed 

 in the middle and have a black mark in the cavities. At five 

 years old these teeth scarcely rise above the gums ; at six their 

 hollow pits begin to fill up and turn to a brown spot, and before 

 eight years the mark generally disappears. A horse's age is 

 also indicated by the canine teeth or tusks, for those in the under 

 jaw generally shoot at three years and a half, and the two in the 

 upper at four ; till six they continue sharp at the points, but at 

 ten they appear long and blunted. There are, however, many 

 circumstances which render a decision as to the age very diffi- 

 cult after the marks are defaced from the lower incisors; and it 

 should be observed that horses which are always kept in the sta- 

 ble have the marks much sooner worn out than those that are at 

 grass, to say nothing of the various artful tricks resorted to by 

 dealers and jockeys to deceive the inexperienced and unwary." 

 We must refer to other works for interesting particulars respect- 

 ing the various breeds of horses and the different kinds used, as 

 the Race Horses, supposed to have been originally of the Arabian 

 breed, the Hunter, the Roadster, the Carriage Horse, the Dray 

 Horse, the Cart Horse, &c., and the smaller varieties, such as 

 the Shetland Pony, Galloway, &c. 



The Horse is capable of strong attachment toman and to other 

 animals. Among the numerous anecdotes illustrating this re- 

 mark are the following: "A horse and a cat were great friends, 

 and the latter generally slept in a manger. When the horse 



