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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” (Dzctzonary 
of National Biography). 
GEORGE IV. (1820-1830). 
In George IV. the Turf had, perhaps, the 
