412 " Dentition as indicative of tlic Age 
age project almost in a straight line from the jaws, and in 
some mouths a line drawn transversely across the tables of the 
teeth will cut the centres of all of them, excepting those of 
the corner teeth. 
The next drawing (Fig. 19) represents the teeth of the 
thoroughbred horse " Lothario," foaled in 1840, as they 
appeared in 1852. 
Fig. 19. — Incisors of Horse, LolJtarw,") at hoehc. 
On comparing the tables of the teeth with those of the mare 
" Solace " (Fig. 18) at the age of ten years, it will be seen that 
there are certain important differences. The central incisors 
have quite lost the " mark," which is only represented by a dot. 
The central enamel in the remaining incisors forms a much 
smaller figure than in the ten-year-old teeth. The corner teeth 
have become more oval in form, and only a trace of the central 
enamel can be seen. 
After twelve or fourteen years of age, the evidence which is 
afforded by the teeth is not definite enough to justify a positive 
opinion as to the animal's age, and the two next illustrations 
(I'igs. 20, 21), which are accurate representations of the teeth 
