iS The Compleat Horfe man : or D 



If a Horfe be but fix, the Upper- tufhes will be a 

 little channell'd, or fomewhat hollow'd and groov'd 

 upon the infides : And when he is above fix, they 

 Ull up, and become a little round in the infides. 

 t This Obfervation never or rarely fails. 



If you feel the Tufhes of his Upper-jaw with 

 your Finger, and find them to be worn equal with 

 the Palate, the Horfe is then at leaft ten Years old. 

 This Obfervation feldom fails, unlefs the Horfe 

 when young hath carried a bigger- mouth'd Bitt than 

 was proper for him. 



Young Horfes have always their Under- tufhes 

 fliarp and pointed, pretty long, fomewhat edged 

 upon both fides, and without any Ruft upon them : 

 But as they become aged their Tufhes grow big and 

 blunt, round, and fcaly, and in very old Horfes 

 they are extremely thick, round, and yellow. 



A Horfe is faid to be Shell-tooth'd when he has 

 long Teeth, and yet black Specks in them •, and this 

 Mark lafts all their life. It is eafily known, becaufe 

 the Mark appears in the other Fore-teeth as well as 

 In the Corner-teeth. 



In Age the Points of the Gatherers Hand outward 

 a little; and when extremely old, point almoft 

 ftrait forward : But when he is young they ftand al- 

 moft ftrait up, and are juft equal with the outer 

 Edges of thofe above. Sometimes the Upper- teeth 

 do thus point forward, but for the molt part it is 

 the Under that do it. 



If you require no exa&nefs, but only to know if 

 he be young or old, lift up the Upper-lip , and if his 

 Upper-teeth be long, yellow, and overpaying thofe 

 below, it betokens Age. As the contrary Signs, fuch 

 as fhort and white Teeth, and thofe of the Upper- 

 Jaw not overpaying thofe below, betoken Youth. 



There are fome Horfes whofe Teeth continue al- 

 ways white and fhort, as if they were but fix. When 

 fuch Horfes fall into the Hands of Cheats, they of- 

 tentimes 



