ON THE LAND.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4594, 29 August 1923, Page 1

ON THE LAND.

the age of a horse. To t,ell the age of any hors.e, Inspect the lower, jaw of course; ' The six front teeth the tale will tell And any doubt and fear dispel. Two middle “ nippers ” you behold Before the colt is two weeks old; Before eight months two more will come ; Eight months the “corners” cut the gum. The outside groves will disappear From middle two in just one year ; In two years from the second paii , In three years the corner two are bare. At two the middle “nippers ” drop; At three the second pair can’t stop. When four years old the third pair goes, At five a full new set he shows. The deep black spot shall pass from view At six years from the middle two; The second pair at seven years ; .At eight the spot each “corner” blears. From middle " nippers ” upper jaw, At nine the black spots will withdraw, The second pair at ten are white Eleven finds the “corners” lightAs time goes on the Horsemen know The oval teeth three-sided grow ; They longer get, project before, Till twenty, then we know no more.