TO TELL THE AGE OF A HORSE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 481, 18 June 1890, Page 8

TO TELL THE AGE OF A HORSE.

Tr> tell tlie age of any librae. Inspect. the lower jaw, of course ; The nix front teeth the tale will tell, And every doubt and fear dispel.

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

The outside grooves will disappear From middle two in just one year ; In two years, from tho second pair. In three, the corners, too are bare,

At two, the middle “nippers” drop. At three, the second pair can’t stop. When four years old the third pair grows At five a full new set he shows.

The deep black spots will pups from view At six years from the middle two ; The second pair at seven years ; At eight, the spot each corner clears.

From middle “nippers,” upper jav, At nine, the black spots will withdraw. The second pair, at ten, are white. Eleven finds the “corners” light.

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

“I’m not afraid of death, doctor, "said the patient ; “but it would be terrible to he buried alive.” “Don’t worry yourself about that,” replied the doctor, cheerily ; “ I’ll take good care it doesn’t happen. ” Young husband (meeting his wife at the railway station) : “Didn’t 1 telegraph you not to bring your mother with you ?” Young wife: “I know. That’s what she lms come to see you about. She read tho telegram.”