2 28 The Co2irse, the Camp, the Chase 



of a mare that was badly staked in the abdomen, we 

 have to request that you will find room for the following 

 account in your paper. 



" R. F. Meysey-Thomfson (Colonel). 



"Matthew Murphy, F.RC.V.S.L." 



"On Jan. 7, 1879, Capt. R. F. Meysey-Thompson, 

 A.D.C, to Gen. Glyn, C.B., Commanding the Dublin 

 District, took out a six-year-old bay thoroughbred mare, 

 ' La Marchesa,' to practise jumping, in a cavesson, having 

 with him as assistant one of the Ward runners, who are 

 commonly known as ' wreckers.' The mare had just 

 jumped over a bank and ditch covered with long grass, 

 when the assistant hurriedly called out, ' Come quick, sir, 

 something terrible has happened.' On running up. 

 Captain Meysey-Thompson found the mare's entrails pro- 

 truding from a wound close to the mammary gland, and 

 hanging down for some two feet. The mare was very 

 uneasy, and kicked at the intestines, swinging them 

 forward under her belly, so Captain Meysey-Thompson 

 caught them in his hand and laid them over his knee to 

 examine them, at the same time cautioning the man to 

 keep the mare as still as possible. The intestines being 

 found to be uninjured, there appeared to be a remote 

 chance of saving the animal, and a bandage was accord- 

 ingly made by tying the ends together of two large 

 handkerchiefs, which fortunately they happened to have 

 with them. On this the intestines were laid, the outer 

 ends of the handkerchiefs were twisted up, thus forming 

 a sort of bag in which they could repose as close to the 

 opening of the wound in the abdomen as they could 

 possibly be got, and the bandage was then secured by 



