Can't boot 2013 MacBook Pro from 10.6.8

I've been trying to boot my 2013 MacBook Pro (OS 10.8.5) from a clone on of an old drive running 10.6.8 and then from the original 10.6.8 drive itself (on a 2007 MacBook) but with no success. All I get is the startup sound and then the grey screen with the Apple Logo but with no spinning gear. Waited as long as an hour while I ran errands.
Any ideas?
btw, I did search around on the net and it seems this should work, and I'm pretty sure I remember doing this a year or so ago with success.

One more question if you guys don't mind.
Has this always been the case, i.e. newer Macs with higher number OS's not being able to boot into older OS's? Like I mentioned above, it seems I used to be able to do this a few years ago. If it's not the case then about what year, or OS version, did this practice start?
Thx again.

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