have a mouth full and complete, and the teeth will have hollows of a
very dark brown colour. At six years old the grooves and hollows in
a horse's mouth will begin to fill up a little and their tusks have
their full growth, with their points sharp, and a little concave. At
seven years old the grooves and hollows will be pretty well filled
below. At eight the whole of the hollows and groves are filled up,
and you see the appearance of what is termed smooth below. At nine
years old, the point of the tusk is worn off, and the part that was
concave begins to fill up and become rounded. Between nine and ten
years of age a horse generally looses the marks of the mouth. After
nine years old a wrinkle comes on the eyelid at the upper corner of
the lower lid, and every year thereafter he has one well defined
wrinkle for each year over nine. If, for instance, a horse has
three wrinkles, he is twelve; if four, he is thirteen, &c.


329. HEAD, NECK OR LUNGS

How to tell by looking at a horse whether there is anything the
matter with his head, neck or lungs. A knowledge of this is as
useful as it is simple. If there is nothing the matter with the
head, neck or lungs of a horse, the nostrils will have a clean,
healthy, and bright appearance, but if there is, they have always
a dirty, muddy, or in some way an unhealthy appearance.


330. PROF. MANDIE'S HORSE TAMING

Take finely grated horse caster, or the warty excrescence from the
horse's leg, oils of rhodium, and cumin, keep these in separate