SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



wear on the hinder edge than in front, 

 and the central mark is still deep, 

 whereas in the central and middles it is 



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INCISORS AT SIX YEARS. 



comparatively shallow, and the tables 

 are not of the triangular form assumed 

 at seven. 



It is not at all uncommon to find the 

 " corner " teeth having the posterior 

 border below the level of the anterior, and 

 remaining in this condition, so that it is 

 quite easy to give an opinion that the 

 animal is six years. Under these cir- 

 cumstances, the shapes of the " marks " 

 and tables in the centrals and middles 

 should be noted. 



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