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her failure in the field a veterinary surgeon pronounced her eye to 
be affected by cataract, and it was admitted that soon after her sale 
at Tattersall’s she went quite blind of cataract, which must have 
been approaching to a crisis in August, and must also have existed 
for some months before that period. 
Mr. Bramwell, in answer to this case, denied that any warranty 
had been given in respect of the eye, for it was admitted that the 
mare’s eye was diseased or injured at the time of the sale ; and he 
put it to the jury whether it was probable that any man would 
have warranted the result, while, if any warranty had been given 
of the soundness of the eye, the plaintiff himself, a veterinary sur- 
geon, who had discovered the defect, would not have returned the 
animal long before the trial at Croydon. As to the warranty of 
her qualifications as a hunter, it was admitted to have been given, 
and evidence was gone into to shew that the commendations be- 
stowed on her were well deserved ; the result of the day with the 
hounds at Croydon being attributed by the defendant to the com- 
bined operation of the mare’s fiery freshness at the opening of the 
season and the cowardice of the plaintiff, who could not manage 
her, and whose equestrian prowess was assimilated to that of the 
immortal Briggs. In support of this case several witnesses were 
called, who spoke to the character of the mare in the field and in 
the Paddington hunting-ground, where she did wonders over all 
sorts of hurdles, and proved herself “ as good a hunter as ever was 
in the world.” 
The case concluded by a verdict for the plaintiff, with £25 
damages. 
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Quid sit pulchrum, quid turpe, quid utile, quid non. — Hon. 
In the “ Collection of Memoirs and Observations on 
(French) Military Veterinary Hygiene and Medicine,” 
which we have so lately been engaged in examining, are con- 
tained two prize “ Memoirs,” one on Farcy, the other on Typhoid 
Affections in Horses*. On the latter of these we would make 
a few remarks, if it were only for the reason of shewing what is 
meant to be understood by such imposing titles. 
* The reader will find an article on Typhus Fever, but in an enzootic form, in 
“ The Veterinarian,” vol. xxii, p. 462. 
