THE AGE OF A HORSE.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 24, Issue 19, 11 March 1913, Page 7

THE AGE OF A HORSE.

To tell the age of any horse. Inspect the lower jaw, of course. The six front teeth the tale will tell And every fear and doubt dispel. Two middle nippers you behold Before the colt is two weeks old. Before eight weeks two more will come, Bight months the corners cut the gum. The outside grooves will, disappear From middle two in just one year. In two years from the second pair, In three the corners, too, are bare. At three the second pair don’t stop. When four years old the third pair goes, At five a full new set he shows. The black spots now will pass from view, At six years from the middle two. The second part at seven years ; At eight the spot each corner clears From the middle nipper upper jaw. At nine the black spots will withdraw, Eleven finds the corners light. f As time goes on the horsemen know ■ That oval teeth three-sided grow. j They longer get, project before, , 1 Till twenty, when we know no more-