36 PROCESS OF TEETHINO. 



THE PROCESS OF TEETHING. 



At IJ years of age tlie mark in the central 

 nippers will be much shorter and feinter; that 

 in the other pairs will have undergone an evi- 

 dent change, and all the nippers become flat. 



At 2 3'ears this will be more manifest, and 

 about this period a fifth will appear. Now, 

 likewise, another process is commencing: the 

 first teeth are adapted to the size and wants of 

 the young animal, and are sufficiently large to 

 fill the colt's jaws. 



At 3 years old the horse should have the cen- 

 tral permanent nippers growing, the other two 

 pairs wasting away; six grinders iii each jaw 

 above and below, the first and fifth level with 

 the others, and'the sixth protruding; the sharp 

 edge of the new incisors, which will be very evi- 

 dent when compared to the neighboring teeth. 



