Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1818-10-17

/, lishea by Mar. j. Foster, OF Winches-I
ter, V under the title of I" The Dol
mesiic Animals Friend, or the eomhiete}
Virginia and Maryland Farrier."
GA horse that has arrived at an age
at for service, ought to have forty teeth
twenty four grinders, twelve four teeth
and Jour tusss. Mares, however, have,
but thirty six, except nhen they happen
10 have usass which is by no means
common
II is by the fore teeth and tusks that
the age OF horse is.to be judg'd OF, and as
they ire no, generally put tosserylse until
they come three years old, land indeed
that is one year to soon) We shall com
mence our description of she teeth at
shat age.
s.. At three, therefore, he will have four
horse and eight coli teeth, which are cal
led pincers, have deep black hole in the
middle while those ofthe colt, are round
solid and white.
A short ,ime before the horse comes
Sur years oid, he loses four middle teeth
two ABOVE and TWO below, which are FOL
lowed by four more horse teeth, with
slack holes in The middle, the same as
the pncers.
a few months before he comes FIVE he
sheds the four corner teeth, two above *
two below, which is his last coils teeth ;
and at Eve they are replaced with horse
teeth, hollow as before described, and
grooved on the inside. AT this age he
also gets four tushs, the two lower ones
generally three or foursmonths before the
upper.
Some horses however, never have any
upper tusks bat Tins is not common. The
appearance OF the two lower tusks is ths
niusl certain proof that the horse il
coming five years cid even IL some 0
his colts teeth sill remain.
hen he is nearh six, all his fore teetl
are full grown, pointed and little c0ucav'
OH the iuslde. AT six, The grooves OF
the inside begin to fill up, and soon aite
disappear; the black holes in the mlddi'
OF The teeth also begin TO fill up, but sr'
still very apparent.
AT seven, all the fore teeth excep: tn
corner ones are generally filled psrnootl
though black spot in the centre ma.
yet appear. Between seven and eigh'
the corner teeth also tiii and becom
smooth after eight it is diiiichlt, and IN
deed by some held 10 be Impossible /
Judge correctly oil the age OF horse
= aIltne striking marksoi his meath hay
ing disappeared
Aitei which period recouree must b
had 10 the general aspect OF the moutf
II me tusks be Hat and pointed, and hav
two small grooves Oh the inside, whic
you readily feel with your iinger, b
assured;he is not old, probably 20; yet ter
tu il yoa md unly one groove wttnin III
tuss, YOU may conclude that he is a
proachint, twelve.
After Twelve, grooves generally disai
pear. md t,e tusks becomes blunt an
+ und within as withou.. The length {
tn teeth is by no means a certain critic
ion 10 tile ,dge Of the age though lon
teeth, projecting forward, certain
INDICATES an advanced age, as the teeth
young horses are not SO long and gene
ally meet almost perpendicular.
The lips OF a young horse are vel
firm and elastic, while those OF an o
one are soft tlabby x hanging & the tong,
often so large, that the cavity OF Il
mouth is scarcely capable OF containir
it.
The holes in the centre Of the toe
som-tirnes continue 70 an advanced az,
but when the tusks becomes round al
blant, the foreteeth long and projectin
forward, the tongue large and lips fao'
the horse is most certainly old say fro
twelve 10 twenty, or upwards, notwit
standing any apparent marks to the CO
fary
Having noticed al the material mar
which serve to instruct us as TO the age
q horse, it IS believed that person Of Il
most common capacity may, by payiI
attention to the foregoing direction
ascertain the age OF horse with c"nsi
cradle degree OF certainty, at least un
he Is 700 iar advanced TO be of much Va
Vt.