8 MY HORSE ; MY LOVE 



Pavosky stud staff of Alexander II. of Russia for many 

 years.' 



Veterinary surgery is then considered an important 

 science ? 



' In all countries under military rule it ranks very high 

 as a learned profession.' 



Indeed ! you know we rather look down upon a man 

 here who can find nothing better to do than to doctor 

 animals. One can hardly insult a physician more, than to 

 ask him to set a dog's broken leg, or otherwise prescribe 

 for him. 



' Yes, so I have heard, but it is very different in Europe. 

 In Russia, Germany, Austria, and other countries under 

 military government, horses are not sacrificed if by any 

 amount of care and attention they can be saved. A 

 Russian general argues that ignorance is inexcusable where 

 the illness or wounds of a horse are concerned ; and as 

 fine horses are scarcer than common soldiers, they are 

 well taken care of.' 



Then the soldiers are not of so much account as the 

 horses they ride? 



' It is even so. If a soldier or groom should lose a 

 valuable horse through any neglect or oversight, he is likely 

 to pay the forfeit with his life ! ' 



But the course in veterinary science must be a very 

 difiicult one? 



' It is indeed, madam. The rules are strict, the exam- 

 inations very rigid, and it is only after a long course of 

 hard study that a student receives his diploma, which is 

 really a necessary equipment. For in Europe as in America, 

 it is in classical colleges, the proof and reward of close and 

 serious study. There are seven primary classes which 



