American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-07-16
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WILMINGTON TUESDAY, 1o JULY, 1922

Iold, land indeed that is one year too soon)
we shall commence our description of the
teeth at that age. AT three, therefore, he
will have four horse and eight colt teeth,
(which are called pincers, have deep black
hole in the middle, while those OF the colt
are round, solid and white. A short time
before the horse comes four years old, he
loses four middle teeth two above and two
below, which are followed by four more
horse teeth with black holes in the middle,
the same as the pincers.
| A few months before he comes five,
| he sheds the four corner teeth, two above
and two below, which is his last colts teeth,
and at five they are replaced with horse
teeth hollow as before described, and groved
on the inside. At this age he also gets
four tusks, the two lower ones generally
three or four months before the upper.
Some horses, however, never have any
upper tusks, but this is not common -
The appearance of the two lower tusks is
the most certain proof that the horse is
looming five years old; even if some of
his colts teeth still remain. When he is
NEARLY six, all his fore teeth are full grown,
pointed and little concave on the inside.
AT six, the grooves on the inside begin to
fill up, and soon after disappear; the black
holes in the middle of the teeth also begin
to fill up, bnt are still very apparent.
At seven. all the fore teeth, except the
corner ones, are generally filled up smooth,
Though black spot in the centre may yet
appear. Between seven and eight, the
corner teeth also fill and become smooth,
after eight it is difficult, indeed by some
held to be impossible to Judge correctly of
the age of horse: all the striking marks
of his mouth having disappeared.
After which period recourse must be
had to the general aspect of the mouth. If
the tusks be fiat and pointed, and have two
small grooves on the inside, which you can
readily feel with your finger, be assured he
is not old, probably not yet ten; but if you
find only one groove within the tusk you
you may conclude that he is approaching
twelve.
After twelve, grooves generally disappear
and tusks become as blunt and as round
within as without. The length of the teeth
is by no means certain criterion to Judge
of the age though long teeth projecting for
ward, certainly indicates an advanced age,
as the teeth ofyounghorses are not SO long,
and generally meet almost perpendicular.
The lips of a young horse are very firm
land elastic, while those of an old one are
Isof, Aabby and hanging, and the tongue
loften SO large, that the cavity of the mouth
lis scarcely capable of containing it.
The holes In the centre of the teeth some
times continue to an advanced age, but
when the tusks become round and blunt,
1.-THE fore teeth long and projecting forward,
1.-THE tongue large and lips fabby, the horse
lis most certainly old; say from twelve to
100, or upwards Notwithstanding any appar,
lent marks to the contrary.
Havingnoticed all the marks which serve
Ito instruct us as to the age of horse, ii
lis believed that person of the most COM
lmon capacity may, by paying attention tic
1.-THE foregoing directions, ascertain the age
of horse with considerable degree Of
Icertainty, at least until he is too far adyan,
n ced to be of much valuc.''
9i From, the Northern Unig.
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