241 COMMENTS ON MR. BROWN’S BEQUEST. 
noyed at the pertinacity of counsel in the cross-examination 
to obtain a direct answer from him, and, I believe, if he had not 
“ fenced with the question,” but “dignified” the disease with 
the name of thrush at once, it would have told better for his 
client.' Of the counsel’s reply on the case, or the judge’s 
summing up, I know nothing; for when the evidence was 
finished, having twenty miles to go, I left the court and went 
home. 
I have now given that which your readers may consider a 
tedious detail of this case, and have been thereby very reluc- 
tantly dragged into something like an altercation with Mr. 
Litt, who, I consider, assumes a little too much by denouncing* 
everything as ridiculous that may be contrary to his wishes. 
The fact is, the defendant’s party had made their minds up 
to win, and great was their disappointment when a jury of 
their townsmen decided against them. 
1 entirely agree in the suggestions made by Mr. Pritchard, 
in his letter on soundness, and shall be very glad to conform 
to “ the code” if it can be practically adopted. There is, how- 
ever, one thing connected with the subject which 1 am afraid 
no legislation can meet, namely, that on examination of the 
same horse different veterinary surgeons often give different 
opinions as to the existence or non-existence of disease and 
lameness. 
I was on a case at Chester, twelve months ago, when 
the question in dispute was spavin and lameness, or 
either one or the other. There were three veterinary sur- 
geons on either side. Of those for the plaintiff one said, 
“the horse had spavin but was not lame;” the second, 
“ that he had a spavin and was stiff on the leg;’’ and the 
third, “ that he had a spavin and was very lame.” The 
three for the defendant swore that the horse was neither 
lame nor had spavin. It was a jury case before the recorder 
of Chester, and the verdict was for the plaintiff. The de- 
fendant, who is a Welchman, said he could have won if he 
had had them at Bala. 
COMMENTS ON THE LATE MB. BROWN’S BE- 
QUEST TO ESTABLISH A SANATORIUM FOR 
ANIMALS. 
By C. Dickens, M.R.C.V.S., Kimbolton. 
M essrs. Editors, — In a former communication, I stated 
that I always turned to your “ Leader” with great interest. I 
