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THE COLEMAN MEDAL. 
of the Horse, or the Principles and Practice of Shoeing Horses, 
(to be decided by examiners, viz. either Veterinary examiners 
or Veterinary surgeons, to be appointed by the Governors at 
their annual meeting ;) and if in any year or years no such 
dissertation as aforesaid should be offered, or, being offered, 
should not be decided by the examiners as worthy of such 
Medal as aforesaid, then and in such case the annual proceeds 
and interest of the said fund for the time being to be accu- 
mulated instead of being applied as aforesaid ; and such 
accumulations, or any part thereof, as the Governors for the 
time being may think proper to be given to the author of a 
successful treatise for the time being on the subject aforesaid, 
in addition to the Medal aforesaid, or in a larger or more 
valuable Medal, to be purchased therewith by the said 
Governors, so that the income of the said fund may, in 
manner aforesaid, be applied for ever annually, or as often as 
the opportunity shall occur, in such testimony or reward for 
the production of such dissertation as aforesaid, and for 
which purpose the Governors will, I trust (but I impose no 
restriction on them), give such publicity to the same as shall 
lead to a good competition for so desirable an object. But if 
no such dissertation worthy, in the opinion of the said 
examiners, of any such reward as aforesaid, should be offered 
for seven years, then a Medal, to be purchased with the said 
accumulations, shall be offered for the best dissertation on 
any Veterinary subject thought worthy by the said examiners 
of such a reward, but at all times the Foot of the horse is to 
be the subject preferred, and next to that the nature, causes, 
and treatment of glanders and the diseases of the eye in 
horses. And if there should be no such successful dissertation 
at the end of seven years, then the amount of the said 
accumulations shall be disposed of by the said Governors in 
such manner as they in their discretion may think proper, 
so as they are applied for the promotion of Veterinary 
science.” 
The Secretary (of the Association), in continuation, re- 
marked that the stimulus thus given to exertion would, 
perhaps, be increased when the members were informed that, 
for three years previous to his death, Professor Coleman had 
placed in his hands £5 annually for the same purpose, so that 
he was in possession of £15. This, with the legacy, he 
considered a prize worth striving for, and he hoped that 
there would be many competitors for The Coleman Medal. 
*** The above is the document referred to by Mr. 
Cartwright in the last Number of ‘The Veterinarian.’ 
