710 REPLY OF MR. HILL TO MR. SIMPSON. 
guards was at rest, all the horses were suddenly seized with 
great fear, tore away from the picket lines, and rushed in 
every direction, scattering the saddlery, upsetting the tents, 
piled arms and everything they met with in their progress. 
Many of them traversed miles, and a mule was not found 
until the 3rd of November following, at a distance of eight 
days 5 journey from Gallipoli. Only one mule remined on the 
lines. The accidents were numerous and serious. The next 
day, at the same hour, there was another stampede, but only 
fifteen horses broke away. 
The panic among the horses of the 1st Life Guards bore a 
great resemblance to these examples, and the occurrence and 
its consequences could in no way be ascribed to any over- 
sight or neglect on the part of those in whose charge the horses 
were. The way in which the horses were fastened to the 
ground was certainly unreasonable and unhorsemanlike, 
but this was not the fault of the regiment ; and w^e much 
question whether any ordinary attachments would have re- 
tained the high-spirited creatures when once they were com- 
pletely under the panic spell. The lesson should certainly 
not be lost upon army veterinary surgeons when the horses 
in their care commence to be picketed ; as precautions 
should then he taken to prevent or limit the extent of these 
stampedes by every possible means. 
REPLY OF MR. J. W. HILL, M.R.C.V.S., WOLVER- 
HAMPTON, TO MR. ANDREW SIMPSON. 
When I sent my case of tetanus for publication in your 
Journal for April last it was without expectation of being 
drawn into controversy upon it, otherwise, in the number of 
June following, I might have made it my business to dissect 
Mr. Andrew Simpson’s record of twelve cases, and doubt not I 
should have found material whereupon to found an argument ; 
but such was not my inclination, though evidently that of 
Mr. Simpson’s. However, I may now, by your kind per- 
mission, be allowed to make one or two remarks upon what 
has emanated from that gentleman’s pen. 
First, then, I was much surprised to notice in reading his 
twelve cases, that in the introductory portion of the commu- 
nication he states it is merely as a matter of duty he records 
the cases in question, and not with the intention of vaunting 
any pet system of treatment he might adopt ; and then, in 
conclusion, he tells us, until something better be found. 
