Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1875 — How to Know the Age of a Horse. [ARTICLE]

How to Know the Age of a Horse.

The colt is born with twelve grinders. When four front teeth have made their appearance the colt is twelve days Old; and when the next four come forth it is four weeks old. When the corner teeth appear the colt is eight months old; and when the latter have attained the height of the front teeth it is one year old. The two-yCArs colt has the kernel—the substance in the middle of the tooth’s crown—ground out of all the front teeth. In the third year the middle front teeth are being shifted, and when three years old these are substituted" for the horseteeth. The'heit four teeth are shifted- in tfie fourth year and the corner teeth in the fifth. .. . ; ‘ At six years the kernel is worn out of the middle front teeth, and the bridleteeth have attained their full growth. At seven yeatri/a H6ok has been formed on the corner teeth of the upper jawj the, kernel of the teeth next to "middle fronts is worn out, and the bridle-teeth begin to wear off. At eight years of age the kernel is worn put of all the lower front teeth, and begins to decrease in the middle upper front,., , In the ninth year the kernel has wholly disappeared from the upper middle front -teeth. The hook on the corner teeth has increased in size as the bridle-teeth lose their points. In the tenth year the kernel has worn out of the teeth next to the middle fronts ofthe upper jaw; and in the eleventh year the kernel has entirely vanished from the,cprnjerteeth of,'the same jaw. At twelve 'years old the crowns of t a)l ■the front teeth in the lower jaw have become triangular, and the bridle-teeth *are much worn down. As tile horse advances in age the gums shrink" away from the teeth, which consequently' recdive a long, narrow (appearance, and their kernels have metamorphosed into a darkish point, gray hairs increased in the forehead, over the chin assumes the shape of an eagle.— —.Rural Sun.