TEETH. 



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stinately ignore the sage code of the Jockey Club ; but the laws of that 

 controlling body disdain to notice any variation ; ^r the creature which 

 has lost but one nipper, and the quadruped which has four permanent 

 incisors fully up, are both esteemed to have been dropped at the same 

 hour, though an animal suffering the first-named change, speaking 

 truthfully, may be only rising three. 



THE INCISORS DENOTE THKEE TEARS OLD. 



At the same time, the confirmed mouth, with the nippers thor- 

 oughly consolidated, and gums not showing a tinge of redness, can 

 be esteemed of no greater age : both are three years old ; for both must 

 have been born on the first of January or on the first of May, — they had 

 no business to appear at any other time. If they were presumptuous 

 rebels against the just authority and recognized dignity of the Jockey 

 Club, then they are beyond the pale of all consideration, and must bear 

 the consequences of their temerity. The differences exhibited by their 

 mouths are, therefore, held to be of no account. 



The age at this period ought to be absolutely ascertained ; for most 

 horses, when three years old, undergo the greatest exertion. At this 

 period, the animal generally has to suffer the instruction of a rude and 

 an ignorant — frequently of a brutal and a savage — man, who is justly 

 denominated "a breaker." Then, should the "'broken" be thought 

 worthy of a saddle, it is given up to the gentle mercies of a rough rider, 

 and has to be tortured till it is gotten well together, and has thoroughly 

 learned its paces. In short, its gentle spirit has to be subdued, or fear 

 has to master timidity. How little does man know about that life he 

 has been accustomed to coerce ! The pride of this world prefers the 



