To Tell the Age of Horses.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 399, 12 February 1909, Page 2

To Tell the Age of Horses.

To tell the age of any horse, Inspect the lower i»w, of coarse. The six front teeth the tale will tell, And every doubt and fear dispel.

Two middle “ nippers ” you behold Before the colt ia two weeks old ; Before eight weeks two more will come Eight months the “ corners" cut the gum

Tbe outside groove ear Krom middle two r . In two years from - r / In three the “ cor 1 bare. At two the middle •• nippers ” drop ; At throe the second pair can’t stop ; When four years old the third pair goe^ : At five a full new set he shows

The deep black spots will pa>w from vi 'w At six years from the middle two : The second pair at seven years ; At eight the epot eacu “ comer ” clears From middle “ nippers,** upper jaw, At nine the blacx spots will withdraw The second pair at ten are white ; Eleven finds the “ corners ” light.

As time goes on the horsemen know T he oval teeth three sided grow ; They longer get, project before, Till twenty, when we know no more.