152 MY horse; my love. 



are stubborn things, and cannot be obliterated by 

 any amount of denial or argument. The Austrian, 

 French, Russian, German, Italian, and other Euro- 

 pean goverments have studied deeply, the blood 

 cause in horses, and having a wide and comprehen- 

 sive faith in their ov^n methods, naturally look with 

 disdain upon ignorant and unscientific breeders. 



The English have admired always what is 7iot 

 English, with a " saving clause," and when the Amer- 

 ican colonists, more than a century ago, asked for 

 their freedom from English rule, it was refused with 

 the intimation that they were not capable of self-gov- 

 ernment. This sneer lost John Bull his colonies, and 

 America then and there declared her independence 

 to act as she pleased. She has done so ever since, 

 not always admitting, that in some things, other na- 

 tions might be wiser. But to-day, in matters of sci- 

 ence she recognizes the imperative necessity of a 

 training that educates, compares, observes closely, 

 avoids serious mistakes, and produces the inevitable 

 consequences desired or intended. It is one of the 

 blessed results of our swift Trans- Atlantic journeys, 

 encouraging constant travel and communication with 

 foreign countries, that the wise of our day and gener- 

 ation have been enabled to gather and enjoy the 

 various fruits of scientific research, ripe with age, to 

 be found in the cultivated gardens of Europe's col- 

 leges. 



The recent establishment here of veterinary 

 schools is a growth commensurate with the more 

 advanced ideas, not only of men of science, but of 

 such interested owners of blooded stock as desire to 



