REGIMENTAL VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
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-For the defence it was stated that it had not come to defendant’s 
knowledge that the sheep were suffering from the disease at the 
time. After half an hour’s deliberation, the magistrates were of 
opinion that there had been negligence by the servants, and, there- 
fore, inflcted half the penalty, which was £20, and costs. — Norwich 
Mercury. 
SALE OF A GLANDERED HORSE. 
CONVICTION UNDER THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) ACT. 
At the Bradford Borough Court, on Saturday, May 14th, John 
Sowden, horse dealer, of Queensbury, was charged by Inspectors 
Dobie and Hodgson, with committing an offence against the Con- 
tagious Diseases (Animals) Act, by exposing a diseased horse for 
sale. Mr. Terrev appeared for the prosecution and Mr. Berry for 
the defence. On the 24th April, the defendant exposed a mare for 
sale in the Bradford market, the animal being at the time ill from 
glanders. She was sold to Thomas Hollingdrake, who shortly after 
he had got possession of the animal found her to be diseased. Holling- 
drake said in evidence that he did not think that the defendant knew 
that the mare was suffering from glanders when he sold it to him. 
Mr. Joseph Carter , veterinary surgeon, stated that the mare was 
suffering very much from glanders ; it was one of the worst cases 
which had ever come under his notice. The defendant, if he had 
not had much experience of horses, and had not been long in pos- 
session of the animal, might not be able to identify the disease. 
There were a number of witnesses for the defence, which was in 
effect that the defendant had only had the mare one day in his 
possession, and in that short time had not discovered that the animal 
was suffering from glanders, but supposed it to be affected with cold. 
Sowden was fined £5, and £3 4s. expenses, with the alternative of 
two calendar months’ imprisonment. 
REGIMENTAL VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
By u Inquirer.” 
In addressing you upon this subject, I omitted in my last letter a 
very important part of my task, which, with your permission, I will 
introduce now. In wishing to learn if army veterinary surgeons on 
full pay, and on active service are, by the rules of the service, per- 
mitted to practise privately , to the detriment of those members of the 
profession who are perhaps struggling for a livelihood, I might have 
said that I am aware of this being done in many instances ; and more, 
that the farriers of the regiments, or detachments, are actually em- 
ployed by persons to perform operations, and otherwise practice the 
art of veterinary medicine. A few years ago, I learned that a farrier 
undertook to cure a glandered mule (this man Mas in the Royal 
