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HOW TO TELL THE AGE. 



By observing the face of the teeth, there will gradually be seen 

 a change to the triangular form, which can best be seen and de- 



Fig. 385. — About Seven Years. 



Fig. 386.— At Eight Years. 



scribed by .Figs, 395, 396. From the age of four- 

 teen, we see this is more noticeable, the middle 

 nippers gradually increasing and extending out ; 

 to the corner ones, as indicated by Fig. 397.- 

 From fifteen to eighteen this triangular form be- 

 comes laterally contracted, so that at about 

 twenty and afterward the teeth become biangular. 

 As before explained, there are great peculiarities 

 in the form of the teeth with advanced age. The 

 most common is shown by Fig. 397. I include 



a somewhat 

 rare f o r m 

 shown by ex- 

 treme age. 

 (See Fig. 398.) 

 Many curious 

 tricks and methods of telling the 

 horse's age after eight years old 

 have been shown the writer at 

 various times, such as wrinkles 

 about the eyes, root of the 

 tail, etc., none of which give the 

 idea so correctly as the genera 

 appearance of the teeth and ab- 

 Fig. 388.— About Eight Years. sorption of the jaws. In young 



Fig. 387.— At Eight 

 Years. 



