ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 367 
Among the earliest events which occurred after the last 
Annual Meeting, was one honorable alike to both parties in- 
terested in it. This was the re-election to office of your Presi- 
dent of the preceding year, W. Field, Esq. ; honorable to the 
elected as being an unmistakeable proof of the zeal, ability, 
and suavity with which he had previously fulfilled the 
onerous duties of his office, and honorable to the electors as 
evincing a just discrimination of the value of the services that 
had been rendered them by their elected head ; nor will the 
reminiscences of the past year in any degree lessen the favor- 
able impression previously made. The same straightforward 
path has been trodden by him, and the like “ suaviter in 
modo ” with the “fortiter in re” has secured to every member 
of the Council the full and unbiassed expression of his 
opinions, without for a moment tolerating the attempt to pass 
the legitimate lines of free and liberal discussion. 
But while due appreciation is thus shown to those who 
are working with us, let it not be thought that those who 
have worked for us and contributed very materially to obtain 
the position which we now occupy are either neglected or 
forgotten. Among the foremost of these was our first Presi- 
dent, Thomas Turner, Esq. 
In the July number of the Veterinarian , 1854, is the fol- 
lowing announcement : 
“At a meeting of Veterinary Surgeons held at the College, 
July, 1854, it was unanimously resolved, — 
“That the first President of the Royal College of Veteri- 
nary Surgeons, Thomas Turner, Esq., nominated in the 
Charter and re-elected for several succeeding years, is well 
deserving, from the zeal and assiduity with which he per- 
formed the duties of his onerous position, of a demonstration 
of the esteem and value entertained for him by his professional 
brethren. 
“ That a memento thereof, in the form of a portrait or bust, 
to be placed in the College, be obtained by subscriptions 
of not more than one guinea each from the members of the 
profession. 
“ That for the purpose of carrying out this object a Com- 
mittee be formed, consisting of the President and ex- Presi- 
dents of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Messrs. 
Field, Robinson, and Goodwin, with Professors Spooner, 
Simonds, and Morton, and Mr. Gabriel. 
“That subscriptions be received by the Members of the 
Committee and at the College. 
“The subscription list will be closed on the 31st of 
