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HOW TO TELL THE AGE. 



genious instrument for chipping off the teeth, so that the front 

 nippers can be cut down very quickly and easily by any amateur. 



But the breadth of the teeth 

 and other changes of form, as 

 explained, will expose the de- 

 ception ; also the deep hollow 

 and gray hairs about the eyes, 

 with the under lip considerably 

 pendant. This treatment is 

 called "bishoping," from the 

 name of the man who intro- 

 duced it in England, and is prac- 

 ticed very largely by jockeys 



FIG. 324. About 6 years old. 



try, especially in 

 New York. 



I wish to call at- 

 tention to the fact 

 that horses, especially 

 those advanced in 

 years, are liable to 

 have the teeth in 

 wearing overlap one 

 another, become very 

 rough and wound the 

 inside of the cheeks, 

 or the grinders be- 



in the larger cities of this coun- 



FIG. 326. About 20 years old. 



FIG. 325. About 12 years old. 



come irregular in length 

 when they do not come oppo- 

 site each other in shutting, or 

 the teeth become carious and 

 break away when not corres- 

 pondingly worn with the 

 other, shoots up to a degree to 

 penetrate the jaw, causing 

 soreness and inflammation, 

 and seriously interfering with 

 eating. 



