Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-10-19
THE MANAGEMENT OF HORSES.
By an old Officer Of The French Cavalry.
TO kno,V HE Age of a Horse.


The horse has six teeth on each jaw. They
are close together and perfectly uniform IN
their surface. Al two aud half years OF ngr
he sheds he two middle teeth, which aTe expel
led by others which he has nj three years ot
age.
Al three years, the Two new teeth appear
IN place OF the Old ones. These TWO now
teeth are distinguished by remarkable cHvi-
~.
At three and q half years he sheds two oih,
ers, TO wit one on raeh side oi hose shei nj
three year, and at fur this loss * repaired by
Two ptheis, having the same cavity tore men
toned.
When the horse has arrived at three and hal
or four wears, the 'uslSs begin 10 appear IN The
under jaw. Al four and half The two print.
tive teeth al the two corners inli and NJ five
they are replaced ~ others exactly like the
preceding--and il rs by the cavity OF all the
teeth that horse Of five years old IL known
Al SIX years the cavities of the corner teeth
begin TO I'll and disappear soon this change
indicates SIX years.
To the age Of seven and half wears, and pro.
gressively, the cavities OF the other teeth disap.
pear so that at eight years complete they are
all uniformly smooth aud even.
Amer eight years you cannot ascertain the
age, except from the form OF the teeth. From
eight to eleven years, an iitis0r, cons idered III
all its length, and supposng II out oil the horse
IN Juth, pre- sents IN lis socket "A horizontal oval
figure from eleven ioiourteen II Is more round
ed. Beyond the lartor age TO seventeen II be-
comes TianguIar-and later, constantly pre-
serves the oval vertical figure.
|, must he observed, that past The age of Is
all the teeth of the horse which were beat,
progressively incline forward AMI consequently
this part OF the jaw is larger in young than IN
aged horses. Such are the certain signs by
which TO know a horses age; with little at
ienliou and practice il is easy 10 ascertain IT,
Management Of Young Horses.
10 breaking young horses, the greatest care
should be taken. THIS age has great Influence
Oh the rest Of the animals life II exposed to
bad regimen, aud too severe exercise, the
horse thus overworked aud badly managed,
" ~ be feeble aud langnishng all his life.
We must consider Inc phenomena belonging
TO TINS age, the care that should be taken, aud
the regimen to I've observed 10 render the horse
serViceable.
In colts he lymphatlc system rules, and the
absorbent force appears 10 b. very powerful
The head principally appears 10 bo the seal OF
this system.
animals IKE man, ARE bofn WIN hfau 'r-
markablv arge in proportion 10 the other paris
of the body aud they preserve II so during ~
fancy. Thu, the greater part OF hrs maIadies
are seated there.
II is remarked that this age has the greatest
sympathy with the dig sive organs hence the
disrrhGa and worms, which are alwaysin an
inverse proportion to the strength o the animal
moisieniDg and relaxing regimen should be
used but to give tone to the stomach, they
must he combined with tonics oats, straw, and
green food are also good.
In warm climates, colts are fed with straw
only, aud il is observed that they are not sub
ject TO the srsngles, and the Uipts Swelling Of
the glands their exuemities are delicate, and
their bodies hands ONE. Perhaps in other eli
mates the same regimen would not be 50 good,
because the straw ofnorthern countries contains
less nutritious juices than that of southern eli
males.