26 LESSOXS IN HORSE JUDGIXG. 



them they come up easier and quicker. This gives 

 rise to a process of ' forwarding the mouth,' as it is 

 called, that is extracting the corner milk nippers of 

 a three year old in order to hasten the arrival of 

 the full mouth that a four year old may pass for a 

 five year old. This is a gross cruel t3% on account 

 of the work of a five year old being expected of a 

 horse only four. Should a permanent tooth not 

 push straight at the fang of a milk tooth, the latter 

 is pushed on one side but not pushed out, and so 

 remains by the side of the permanent tooth and 

 may hinder the horse feeding to some extent. 

 Such a tooth is then called a ' wolf tooth. Wolf 

 teeth are oftenest found in front of the front 

 grinders. 



