CHAPTER XXVII 



TEETH 



A HORSE ought to have forty teeth ; but even 

 people quite used to driving and riding get a 

 little addled over the age of a two, three, four, 

 five, and six-year-old, although they are perfectly 

 aware that after seven a horse becomes aged, 

 and it is a matter of guess work to tell his years 

 to an absolute certainty. 



In order to make the study of teeth an easy 

 matter to reckon, I have arranged the following 

 table, as being simpler than a long treatise which 

 might help the exceptional reader, but hinder 

 others from comprehending on account of its 

 long-windedness : — 



Milk Teeth up to those of a Yearling. 



When a foal is born, the first and second 

 grinders or molar teeth have already broken the 

 gums. 



At the end of a week, if not sooner, the first 

 pair of temporary incisors appear. 



Within six weeks the next or lateral pair come 

 through. 



In sixth to ninth month, the last pair. 



Thus we have the above milk teeth, as seen 



before there are any permanent ones. 



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