Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-09-11
USEFUL INFORMATION.


OaESinG N ExpOr6
Tho foal IL born with twelve grind
ers. When four front teeth have made
their appearance the colt is IL days
old, and when the next four assert
themselves its age will be about %
days The corner teeth make their
appearance when the foal is about 3
months Old, and these latter teeth at
tain the height of the front teeth at
the age OF year. The 2-year-old has
tho kernel-the dark substance in the
middle of the tooth's crown-ground
out OF all the front teeth. In the third
year the middle front Of teeth are
shifted, and when s years old these are
substituted by the permanent. Cor
horse) teeth, which are larger and
more yellow than their predecessors.
The nett four teeth are shifted in the
fourth yea, and the corner teeth in
the fifth, giving place to the permanent
nipper.
At 8 years Of age a horse has forty
teeth, Of which twenty-four are grind
ers, far back in the jaw. with which
we have little to do. But, be it re-
membered. horses invariably have
tusks. which mares very rarely do.
Before the age of 6 Is arrived at the
tusk Is full grown, and has a slight
groove on its internal surface (Which
generally disappears with age. the
tusk itself becoming more rounded and
blunt), and at 6 the kernel or mark Is
worn out of the middle front teeth.
There will still be difference Of color
in the center OF the tooth.
The tusks have now attained their
full growth, being nearly or quite an
inch in length, convex without. con-
cave within. tending to point and the
extremity somewhat curved. Now. or
perhaps some months before. the horse
may be said to have a perfect mouth.
At seven years tho mark, as de-
scribed, is very nearly worn out Of the
four center nippers, and fast wearing
away in the corner teeth, especially in
mares; but the black mark still re-
mains in the center OF the tooth. and
is not completely filed up until the
animal is eight years old. AS he gets
on past seven the bride teeth begin to
wear away.
At eight the kernel has entirely dis
appeared from all the lower nippers.
and begins to decrease in the middle
nip .ers. It is now said to be "past
mark of mouth" There are indica-
tions, however. after this age which
will enable q very shrewd observer to
guess very closely ut a horses ago,
but none that can be relied upon by
observers. AS horses become advanced
in years the gums shrink away and
the teeth exhibit a long and narrow
appearance; they lean more forward
and assume IN a"ched shape. Dub
lin Farmers Gazette.
A Schooner with a History.
The schooner Polly Snow. of Ban
gor, is probably the oldest vessel in
active service that flies the American
flag. Built in AmeSbury. Mass, in
1904, she is eighty-five years cd. Wa:
rebuilt in 1914, but still such was the
good condition of her timbers anG
! wood that large part was put back
and her model is the same to-day a,
WhSu uESU GIl0 wa
OF 1912, rugged as top-sail schooner
carrying four small guns and one long
thirty-two, she did good service as {
! privateer, capturing several prizes
which were taken into Salem. She
was captured by the English man-of
war Newcastle, u prize crew put OF
board with somo Of the original crew
and started for Halifax, N. S. Tn,
Americans on board recaptured he
and put into Portland, Me-, where tn,
British prize crew were imprisoned
till the c ose Of the war. She has beer
employed in the fishing business, blu
of late years in tho lumber coa5tinl
trade. During her long life she ha
never been wrecked, but had severa
times been run into. and in every cas-
the fault has been with tho other pa ty
Her sailing qualities are excellent
and Captain Snow says, with pardon
able pride, that it takes u Burgess
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