Advertisement: Geo. M. Crilly, Livery and Hack Stable (Leavenworth, Kansas)

Item

Identifier: MS 014- series MS 014-2- item 127

Staff Only

Dates

1870-1900

Extent

From the Class: 10 Cubic Feet

Additional Description

General

Front: Geo. M. Grilly, Livery and Hack Stable, Hacks Furnished for Funerals, operas, Parties etc. Call up Telephone 166 Any time, Day or Night. 220 Seneca Street, Cet. Second and Third. Leavenworth, Kansas.

Back: To Tell the Age of a Horse. To tell the age of any horse Inspect the lower jaw, of course; The six front teeth the tale will tell, And every doubt and fear dispel. Two middle nippers you behold Before the Colt is two weeks old. At six weeks more the next two will come. At eight months the corners cut the gum. The outside grooves will disappear From middle two in just one year; In two years from the second pair; In three the corners too are bare. At two the middle nippers drop; At three the middle pair can’t stop; When four years old the third pair goes; At five a full new set he shows. The deep black spots will pass from view At six years from the middle tow; The second pairs at seven years; At eight the spots each corner clears. From middle nipper, upper jaw, A 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 teeth three-sided grow; They longer get-project out before-Till twenty, when we know no more.