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Dentition as indicative of the Age 



The mouth of " Kremlin " was drawn as a very remarkable 

 specimen, and it may be said in regard to it that experienced 

 judges have more than once decided that the teeth indicate the 

 animal to be much above the actual age. 



About the time that the cast of the mouth of " Kremlin " was 

 taken, a specimen of a horse which was believed to be thirty-six 

 years old at the time of his death was obtained, and it was 

 observed that, so far as the tables of the teeth were concerned, 



Fig. 21. — Incisors of Horse (" Ejnrus ") at nineteen. 



those of " Kremlin " seemed to have been worn as much as those 

 of the older horse. 



The central enamel can yet be seen in all the incisors of 

 " Epirus " (Fig. 21). In fact, the remains of the marks are more 

 evident than they are in the teeth of "Lothario" (Fig. 19) at 

 twelve years of age. The tables of the incisors in the mouth of 

 the older animal are triangular instead of square. 



" Kremlin " (Fig. 20) shows a comparatively youthful form 

 of the tables of the incisors, a condition which js due to the 

 rectangular position of the teeth in regard to the jaw ; but it 

 is evident that the central enamel is entirely worn out, not a 



