THE VETERINARY COMMITTEE. 
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The question, in which the public have probably taken more 
interest touching Mr. Rodway’s shoe than in any other concern- 
ing it, is — Whether it does or does not operate in preventing the 
horse from slipping. This will depend upon the nature of the 
surface upon which the animal is treading. Neither upon stone 
nor wood pavements has it been found to have any such effect : 
we have witnessed horses, shod on Mr. Rodway’s plan, slipping 
about as they trotted along the streets of the metropolis, or were 
suddenly pulled up, quite as much as others did in ordinary 
shoes. But upon slippery roads and turf, and other impressible 
surfaces, Rodway’s shoes, from partially sinking into the ground, 
certainly take a hold which shoes with plain surfaces cannot, 
and, so far, do save the horse from slipping. Even, however, 
though the properties of this shoe, in preventing slipping, were 
great instead of being of little consideration, still are the'objec- 
tions, heretofore stated, to its adoption of too serious and irre- 
mediable a character to permit us, even for hunters in hilly or 
slippery countries, to give it our recommendation. And to this 
conclusion we have come, not hastily, not inconsiderately, much 
less through any feeling whatever, either of hostility to the pa- 
tent or unfriendliness towards the patentee, but after the fullest, 
and what, in our humble estimation, constituted the fairest, trials 
to which the shoe could possibly be put. 
THE VETERINARIAN, MARCH 1, 1843. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
A meeting of the Veterinary Committee was held at the 
Imperial Hotel, Covent Garden, on Monday, Feb. 6th, at which 
Meeting it was announced that the whole subscriptions received 
up to that date amounted to the sum of £185.. 5s.. 6d., and the 
expenditure to £51..4s..2d. The statement of accounts and a 
list of the subscribers was ordered to be printed and circulated. 
Professor Sewell and Deputy Professor Spooner were unani- 
mously elected Members of the Committee. The petition has 
received several alterations, which were unanimously agreed to 
by the Committee; and in addition to the names of Messrs. 
Turner, Goodwin, Dick, and Mayer, the Committee are happy 
to announce that it has received the signatures of Messrs. Sewell, 
Spooner, and Simonds. 
