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HOW TO TELL THE AGK. 



genious instrument for cliipping off the teeth, so that the front 

 nippers can be cut down very quickly and easily by any amateur. 



But the breadth of the teeth 

 and other changes of form, as 

 (ixplained, will expose the de- 

 ception ; also the deep hollow 

 and gTay hairs about the e}^es, 

 Avitli the undei- lip considerably 

 pendant. This treatment is 

 called "bishoping," from the 

 name of the man who intro- 

 duced it in England, and is prac- 



„ „„. ,,, ,^ ,-, ticed very largely by iockeys 



Fig. 324.— About 6 years old. . J o J J J J 



in the larger cities of this coun- 

 try, especially in 

 New York. 



I wish to call at- 

 tention to the fact 

 that horses, esj)ecially 

 those advanced in 

 years, are liable to 

 have the teeth in 

 wearing overlap one 

 another, become very 

 rough and wound the 

 inside of the cheeks. 



or 



tlio 



grindei's be- 



FiG. 336. — About 20 years old. 



Fig. 325. — About 13 years old. 



come irregular in length 

 when they do not come oppo- 

 site each other in shutting, or 

 the teeth become carious and 

 break away when not corres- 

 pondingly worn with the 

 other, shoots up to a degree to 

 penetrate the jaw, causing 

 soreness and inflammation, 

 and seriously interfering with 

 eating. 



