108 
EDITORIAL REMARKS. 
The Canadians are far behind the English in horse-flesh. And 
yet it is not out of our remembrance how our “ knowing- ones” 
were startled at the performances of some American trotters who 
came over into this country. It would appear, however, from Mr. 
Charles Percivall’s narrative, that this “trotting” amounts to a 
species of ambling — something, perhaps, analogous to the hitching 
pace so common with our butchers. If this be the case, no wonder 
Master Yankee diddled his good-natured relative, John Bull, so 
easily out of his coin, as well into a belief that American horses 
could beat English horses in trotting. This was a “ dreadful” 
cunning trick on the part of brother Yankee ; one for which Bro- 
ther John will, we have a notion, one day “ shake his stick at him.” 
We shall take another opportunity of referring to the papers of 
Mr. Goodwin and Mr. Cherry; their subjects are too important to 
be cursorily disposed of. But as for our old friend, Professor Sewell, 
he has, we must confess, taken us quite by surprise. It is so very 
seldom now he “ comes out,” that really the public seem to be forget- 
ing there exists such a person, it being by no means so very rarely 
that we are asked — “ Who is the Professor of the Veterinary Col- 
lege!” and, “ What has become of him!” We cordially, therefore, 
congratulate him on his re-appearance in the same character, and 
exceedingly compliment him in having made his renewed debut in 
such a nice, new, creditable dress. Really, Messieurs les Editeurs 
du Record have made quite another man of him. 
We are not going to pass a syllable of comment on his “ In- 
troductory Address,” differing as it does little or nothing from the 
Professor’s “ addresses” or introductory lectures of former years. 
But we do marvel — exceedingly marvel — that it contains not one 
syllable about the Royal Charter of Incorporation. Surely, the 
Professor of the Royal Veterinary College cannot mean to disown 
the Chartered Body : he might as well pretend to disown the pro- 
fession. Or is it that he imagines, or has any good grounds for be- 
lieving, that he will one day succeed in obtaining a Charter for the 
“ College.” We will not take upon ourselves to say that no such 
prospect exists, or may not be realized ; but this we will, as our 
firm conviction, declare — that such an additional charter must, 
eventually, do the school at St. Pancras more harm than any thing 
