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By a stroke of good fortune Mr. Dennis 

 O'Kelly selected the young French veteri- 

 nary surgeon to dissect the carcase of the 

 great race-horse Eclipse in February, 1789. 

 Sainbel did the work, and wrote an " Essay 

 on the Geometrical Proportions of Eclipse," 

 which attracted immediate notice and esta- 

 blished his reputation as a veterinary 

 anatomist. 



He still cherished his scheme for founding 

 a Veterinary School, and his abilities now 

 being recognised, it was taken up by the 

 Odiham Agricultural Society. In 1791 

 Sainbel had the satisfaction of seeing the 

 school established, in the shape of a farriery 

 with stabling for fifty horses. He did not 

 live to see the success that was destined to 

 attend his enterprise, as he died in 1793 in 

 his fortieth year. During the two years of 

 his work as principal, however, he had laid 

 down the lines on which scientific veterinary 

 practice should be conducted ; in the words 

 of his biographer, " Sainbel may justly be 

 looked upon as the founder of scientific 

 veterinary practice in England" {Dictionary 

 of National Biography}. 



GEORGE IV. (1820-1830). 

 In George IV. the Turf had, perhaps, the 



