PART FOURTH. 



AGES OF HORSES. 



The following is my new system of telling the ages 

 of horses: 



A horse has 40 teeth, — 24 grinders, 12 front teeth, 

 and 4 tusks. A mare has ^6 teeth, — 24 grinders, 12 

 front teeth, and sometimes tusks, but not often. 



[4 days old, 4 ■ N 



3 months old, 4 M 



6 months old, 4 C 



1 year, cups leave N 



2 years, cups leave .M 



2^ years, sheds N 



3 years, full size N 



3^ years, sheds . . .M 



4 years, full size M 



4i years, sheds C 



5 years, full-size C 



6 years, large cup in C small 

 in M, and still smaller in N 



7 years, cups leave, . N 



8 years, cups leave. . ...... .M 



9 years, cups leave C 



10 years, groove in upper. . . ,C 

 15 years, half-way down up 



per C 



21 years, at the bottom . . . .C 



