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just come back from the Veterinary College quite recovered, 
except a slight cough or cold. The next morning when the 
plaintiff went into the stable he found his horse in the box 
previously occupied by Goddard’s, and on asking the reason 
the ostler told him that defendant had desired whichever 
horse came in first to be placed in the further box. Very 
early in July Goddard’s horse showed decided symptoms of 
glanders, and it was destroyed about the 1 3th. Similar 
symptoms made their appearance in the plaintiff’s horse, and 
it was shot on the 25th, a veterinary surgeon having certified 
that it had both glanders and farcy. The defendant lost 
several of his own horses from the disease. Mr. Goddard had 
purchased his horse in February. Some time after he 
took it to the Royal Veterinary College to be examined, 
when a sore was found to exist on the outer angle of the 
mouth. This being thought to arise from the bit, and the 
animal being low in condition, a course of tonics was recom- 
mended, with a fair allowance of nutritious diet. He was not 
left at the College for treatment at this time ; but about the 
middle of March a discharge was observed to take place from 
the near nostril, accompanied with swellings that extended 
from the original sore backwards. He was now left at the 
College, and Mr. Goddard was informed that the disease was 
farcy, and there was a probability of its degenerating into 
glanders. The horse was under treatment for about seven 
weeks, at the end of which time he was so far recovered, that 
Mr. Goddard was advised to give the horse a trial, as all 
symptoms of the disease had nearly disappeared, and the 
horse was very much improved in condition. He was in- 
formed, however, that the case was still a suspicious one, and 
that he ought to use every precaution in not placing it with 
other horses ; and if he observed any return of the symptoms, 
to let it be seen again. Some time after this the horse was 
again brought to the college for an opinion, when he was 
pronounced to be decidedly affected with glanders, and the 
owner advised at once to have him destroyed. 
The plaintiff and Mr. Goddard were examined to prove 
these facts. At the close of their evidence some consulta- 
tion took place between the parties, and it was agreed to 
withdraw a juror. — Juror withdrawn. 
OBITUARY. 
Died, of inflammation of the lungs, on the 29th December 
last, Mr. H. W. Sparrow, M.R.C.V.S., Ware, Herts. 
Mr. Sparrow obtained his diploma July 2d, 1839. 
