I felt pleased to be permitted by George Fleming, F. M. 

 R. C. V. S., to alter one of Queen Victoria's Life Guard 

 horses, free of charge, after I said I did not charge poor 

 widows anything. I now have Mr. Geo. Flemings testi- 

 monial of it and that the horse was sound and well the 

 twelfth day, at St. John's Wood Barracks, London, before 

 several of England's best veterinarians. He was a black, bob- 

 tailed number three ridgling. I did him in good time and 

 order, and did not draw ten drops of blood. The horse was 

 sound and well twelve days after, which proved that the 

 work was well and properly done. 



I went to England in September of 187S, to spend three 

 or four weeks only, and found it so pleasant that I remained 

 there one year. I have most kind remembrances of the 

 treatment I received while in England and Ireland by 

 the veterinary surgeons there, and of their universal kind 

 treatment and hospitality. Where I expected rivalry and 

 competition, I found all helps and kind treatment. I now 

 wear a gold watch — a timer — presented to me at Drawhada, 

 Ireland, and inscribed thereon as follows: "Presented to 

 Father Miles by Messrs. Drummond and Jones, Veterinary 

 Surgeons, in testimony of his ability as an operator upon 

 horses when in Ireland in May, A. D. 1879." 



I was also presented with the following upon parchment, 

 which I call my English diploma: 



"We, the undersigned veterinary surgeons, practicing in 

 the county of Lincoln, having witnessed Mr. T. C. Miles' 

 operations upon ridgling horses, desire to bear witness to the 

 humane, scientific and perfectly satisfactory manner in 

 which he attains his object. We also wish to express our ap- 

 proval of his method of casting and securing the animal, and 



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