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VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 
the 17th of November the action was commenced, but the 
horse was not put up for auction till Monday last, when he was 
“ trotted out” at Tattersall’s, and bought in by the plaintiff at 
20 guineas, a bargain which, to a superficial observer, might 
seem rather dear, as the horse was shewn to have thrushes in 
each foot, and curbs in each hock ; and it was also satisfactorily 
proved that the suspensory ligament of the off fore-leg was per- 
manently thickened, and that he was lame in the near hind-leg ; 
altogether affording, in his own proper carcass, a tolerable cata- 
logue of those ills which flesh — that is, horseflesh — is heir to. 
In answer to the case thus set up on the part of the plaintiff, 
the theory presented by the counsel for the defendant was, that 
the witness who spoke to the fact of the warranty having been 
given must have been mistaken, as it was altogether most impro- 
bable that a person like the plaintiff, well skilled in horses, could 
have asked for a warranty with a horse so palpably unsound at 
the time of the sale as “The Vet.” The witnesses, however, who 
were called to support this view of the case fell short of the 
mark ; and the Lord Chief Justice, stopping Mr. Serjeant Bom- 
pas in his reply, directed the jury to find for the plaintiff upon 
the warranty, giving also such a sum for the keep of the horse 
as they thought reasonable. 
The jury, after a quarter of an hour’s deliberation, returned a 
verdict for the plaintiff, with £65 damages. 
THE DONCASTER COW CLUB. 
It often falls within our province to have to notice the pro- 
ceedings of societies whose object is mutual protection dur- 
ing seasons of calamity ; and of those which refer to the in- 
terests of the industrious classes, the societies named “Cow 
Clubs,” whose principle is to defray to a member the loss he sus- 
tains from the death of his cow, are highly deserving especial 
record. They are established in several of our villages, and our 
banks or the savings bank often perform the duties of a trea- 
surer. The establishment of the “ Doncaster Cow Club” has 
effected highly beneficial results. It comprises ninety members, 
who for each insured cow pay 4s. per annum. When a mem- 
ber’s cow dies, three-fourths of the value of it are awarded to the 
owner by the club, which from April to June of the last year, 
paid as much for such purposes as £88 9s. lOd. 
