CHAPTER VI 



AGE OF HUNTERS 



The teeth of the horse afford the only reliable 

 means of ascertaining the age of the animal, and 

 then only up to (with any degree of reliability) 

 eight years, after which time it is customary to 

 speak of the animal as being "aged." It must 

 not be assumed that because a horse has passed 

 its eighth birthday, that its marketable value is 

 materially less, because there are some men who 

 wont buy a horse until it is eight years. This 

 remark is particularly applicable to hunters 

 required for elderly gentlemen, or those of 

 nervous temperament, to whom a steady old 

 horse is so desirable. The teeth are of two 

 kinds, namely, temporary or sticking teeth and 

 permanent ones or those which replace the former. 

 The teeth in front of the upper and lower jaws are 

 called incisors^ whilst those at the sides of the jaw 



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