SOUND AND UNSOUND HORSES 



the mark is still elongated at seven, 

 whereas at eight this is circular, or it 

 may be, obliterated. 



Eight Year**. — In the centrals, 

 middles and corners the mark is either 

 verv attenuated, or lost. If it exists, 



INCISORS AT EIGHT YEARS. 



it is practically reduced to an irregular 

 circle. 



Nine and Ten Years. — ^Teeth be- 

 coming longer, and increasing in 

 obliquity. Animal now spoken of as 

 aged. 



After ten years, the upper corner 

 incisors begin to show the groove (close 

 to the gum) described by Galvayne, 

 but as many horses have the whole of 



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