416 A TREATISE ON HORSE-BREEDING. 



old. These teeth are also deeper from front to back than 

 they were at six years. 



The central incisors at seven years old have their sides 

 elongated, so that the table approaches the figure of a tri- 

 angle. The mark is very close to the posterior edge of the 

 tooth, and the central enamel forms an oval with flattened 



FIG. 11. INCISORS OF HORSE AT SIX YEARS. 



sides in place of the elliptical figure, which is shown in the 

 drawing of the six-year-old mouth. The tusks are somewhat 

 blunted at the .point. 



In the eight-year-old mouth the form of the tables of the 

 incisors and the shape of the central enamel in the central 

 incisor afford tolerably satisfactory indications of the age. 



