did one side that way but the other side was not opened at 

 all, but was grown up tight and swelled badly. The other 

 side had no swelling at all. Remember this was five days' 

 neglect on one side. 



Now let me tell you of a one day's error: I was called 

 by both letter and telegram, from New York, to come to 

 Babylon, L. I., to alter a colt that Dr. Clock, V. S., tried to 

 alter and found two cords in the groin, but no seed. A 

 fine colt in a bad fix. 



That was the worst swelled yearling in one day's time 

 I ever saw. Please notice particularly; Dr. Clock is a good 

 veterinary and a nice gentleman, but was not in practice 

 castrating, and cut five inches further back than I would; 

 then he failed to recognize the testicles that he held in his 

 hand all the time in the cords, as he called them, and felt 

 and gouged around in the colt's groin one hour and ten min- 

 utes, so good witnesses told me when I cut the same colt 

 twenty-four hours later. Swelled as large as a gallon jug; 

 stiff and sore. Dr. Clock soon found the tunics, but failed 

 to recognize the undeveloped testicles from his cuts, so far 

 back. He held the testicles, tunic and all in his hand, 

 pulling and squeezing them and the colt struggling one 

 hour and ten minutes and gave it up. 



I tied that stiff colt; pushed him over gently; turned 

 him on his back, saw the seeds, and tunic not split, all red 

 and inflamed, and two pockets of serum near the end of the 

 sheath. I first split his gashes, from the front end on for- 

 ward about five inches, put my ecraseur on both testicles, 

 striffin (tunic) and all, and gently lifted up three or four 

 inches, and bit both off. If Dr. Clock had have cut as 

 much in front of the testicles on the sheath, as he did be- 



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