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Henderson, Watts, and some few others I could name, the few 
respectable practitioners of the veterinary art, it is true, have all 
gone through the farce of becoming members of the Veterinary 
College; but I much doubt if they all and every one of them had 
not more information before they went to the College, acquired 
from their respected parents, than ever they gained there. 
The superiority of Mr. Youatt’s knowledge, on every subject 
connected with the veterinary art, needs a better pen than mine 
to pourtray. It alone gained him the highest honour he can en¬ 
joy, viz. Lecturer to the London University. Did he acquire it at 
the Veterinary College? No ; on the contrary, he met with no¬ 
thing but opposition and insult while there : and when afterwards 
he applied to be admitted a member, foolish and annoying diffi¬ 
culties were raised, when, much to his credit, he refused to become 
one on the proffered terms ; and though not a member of the Col¬ 
lege, he is acknowledged by all who know him to be the most 
diligent, the most enlightened veterinarian, and the brightest 
ornament the profession can boast of. 
In order to shew that, were the generality of veterinary sur¬ 
geons different to what they really are, they would be differently 
considered, I may relate a case that occurred during the last 
summer. One of the members of the Jockey Club, Mr. Scott 
Stonehewer, has a most valuable race-horse, Zany; and during 
the Goodwood Meeting it was unfortunate enough (for otherwise 
this horse would have started for the St. Ledger) to contract, 
during its gallops, an attack of inflammation of the navicular 
joint. The groom imagined that it was a bruise, or the prick of 
a nail; or, indeed, any thing but what it really was. This acci¬ 
dent made a great consternation in the betting world, for Zany 
w^as, at the time, a favourite for the great Yorkshire race, the St. 
Ledger ; and its w r orthy owner, who is a true lover of horses, suc¬ 
ceeded in obtaining the advice of Mr. Watts, the veterinary 
surgeon to the Scotch Greys, whose regiment was at the time at 
Brighton. The symptoms were too plain to deceive him, and 
the active treatment he pursued saved one of the most valuable 
racers from permanent lameness ; much to the joy and satisfaction 
of Mr. Stonehewer, who not only liberally remunerated Mr. 
Watts, but has had the candour and kindness to acknowledge, to 
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many noblemen and members of the Jockey Club, the services 
rendered to his horse by him. 
Mr. Watts, senior, is the most eminent veterinary surgeon in 
Ireland, and his son has benefitted by the father’s experience ; 
and had we had earlier a few more such in the profession, I will 
ask where would have been the prejudices and dominion of the 
groom ? 
