SELECTING THE HOESE. 



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buy of a reliable person in whom the purchaser can have confidence. 

 If this is out of the question, it is well to have an experienced and 

 reUable friend who will assist in the purchase. Still, no one is 



1.— THREE TEARS. 



FiiX. 2.— FOUR YEARS. 



willing to leave such a matter blindly and wholly to a third person, 

 even though it may be an honest seller or a faithful friend. Any 

 person who knows enough about horses to keep one, prefers to use 

 his o^vn judgment to some extent at least, in selecting a horse. 



The Teeth. — The first and one of the most important points to 

 be determined is that of age. This is indicated in many ways, but 

 one of the most marked and reliable signs is found in the appear- 

 ance of the teeth. There are two sets of these — the milk teeth, which 



Fig 3.— FIVE YEARS. 



Fig. 4.— SIX 



are the first to appear, and the permanent set which gradually 

 replace them, the change being completed at the age of five years. 

 A horse has forty teeth in both jaws, but it is the incisors or front 



