M4 avery's own farrier. 



do. With these also appear four double teeth, or grind- 

 ers, viz: one in each jaw above and below, and have 

 been called the first of the natural mill stones, used for 

 the purpose of grinding down the vegetable fibre and fit 

 it for swallowing and easy digestion. Having already 

 his four front teeth, which are called the pinchers, at 

 about ten days old the colt puts forth four others, one on 

 each side of the former ones, above and below, called 

 the separators. At about two months old, he begins to 

 shed his first coat, which may be seen in small spots 

 about the hocks, thighs and nose, which he generally 

 gets entirely rid of by the time he is four months old. 

 The time of cutting all his first teeth varies, however, 

 according to the maturity of the colt at the time of par- 

 turition, and the fare he happens to meet with afterwards. 

 Somewhere from six to ten months old he cuts the four 

 corner teeth; after these are up there is not much ob- 

 servable difference in the front teeth (except in the wear 

 of them) until after the colt is past two years old. 

 " During this time, resource must be had mainly to the 

 coat alone. A yearling colt has a rough coat, some- 

 thing like that of a water spaniel dog; and the hair of 

 the mane and tail feels soft like flax, and hangs like 

 untwisted ropes; whereas, a two-year old has a flat 

 coat, mane and tail, like that of an old horse." At one 

 year old, the colt has four grinders above and below, in 

 each jaw; at two years old the fifth pair will appear to 

 view, and at three years old, the sixth, making twenty- 

 four grinders in all. The teeth that first appear are the 

 first to be shed, and their places supplied with new ones. 

 Therefore, the first grinders are changed at two years 



