HORSES 31 



How to Tell the Age of a Horse 



Front Teeth Lower 

 Jaw, Three Years 



Iwo center permanent 

 teeili up 



Front Teeth Lower Jaw 

 FoiR Years 



Four center permanent 

 teeth up 



Fkuni I KEiH LiiuiK Jaw 



Five Years 



All permanent teeth up 



Front Teeth Lower Jaw 

 Six Years 



Cups out of center teeth 



SlUH \ lEW 



Five-Year-Old Molth 



Front Teeth Lower Jaw 



Seven Years 



Cups out of intermediate 



teclh 



Front Teeth Lower Jaw 



Eight Years 



Cups all out 



Front Teeth Ui'I'Ik Jaw 

 Ten Years 



Cups out of 

 intermediate teeth 



Front Teeth Upper Jaw 



Eleven Years 



Cups all out 



Front Teeth Upper Jaw 



Fifteen Years 



Teeth very trianeular 



Side View of Twentv-Onb 

 Year-Olu Mouth 



Note sharp annle at which 

 the teeth meet 



Front View Twentv-Onb 

 Ysar-Old MoiTH 



Front View 

 Fu'E-Year-Olu Mouth 



Front Teeth Upper Jaw 



Nine Years 



Cups out of center teeth 



Front Teeth Uim>er Jaw 

 Twenty-One Years 



Front Teeth Upper jaw 

 Thirty Years of Aoe 



Horses when full grown have forty teetii, 

 twenty on each jaw, classed as follows : Six 

 nippers, two canines, one at each side, 

 and twelve molar teeth, six at each side. 



Only the ni])pers or front teeth are con- 

 sidered in telling the age of a horse. 

 The acconipanving diagrams show the 

 structure and aj)pearance of these nipper 



teeth at all ages. The wear on the nipper 

 surfaces from five to eleven enable us to 

 estimate the age. 



It is difficult to tell the age of a horse 

 past the eleventh year, and in practice the 

 age is designated as being eleven past, or 

 fifteen past, as the case maj^ be. Just how 

 much past cannot be accurately stated. 



