NAILING HORSESHOES ON. 
207 
all such meetings, and shall announce and read all letters, papers, 
communications, &c., and shall take care of the official books and 
papers belonging to the college. He shall write the letters di¬ 
rected to be sent on account of the college, by any meeting, coun¬ 
cil, or committee. He shall keep the accounts of the college, 
which may arise as well from the general business as from the 
particular departments: this will include the superintendance of 
the receipts and delivery of what may be brought to or taken 
from the college, or any of the departments of shoeing, pharmacy, 
&c. He shall produce a state of his accounts every week to the 
committee. 
The collector. —He shall, within one calendar month after 
notice is given him by the secretary of the admission of any mem¬ 
ber, call on him for his subscription ; and shall call on all annual 
members, w T ithin one month of the date of their admission, for 
their subscriptions. He shall have receipt books provided, which 
receipts shall be signed by the treasurer, and countersigned by 
himself when he delivers them. He shall at no time retain more 
than £20 in his hands; and as soon as that sum is collected, he 
shall pay it to the treasurer. He shall produce his books to the 
committee every week, and make his report of members in arrear 
every month. 
NAILING HORSESHOES ON. 
REMARKS THEREON SUGGESTED BY THE PERUSAL OF MR. TURNER’S 
PAPER IN THE LAST NUMBER OF “THE VETERINARIAN.” 
There seems to be something inherent in the nature of man 
which disinclines him at all stages of his life, but perhaps in a 
stronger degree as he grows older, to lend a favourable or 
acquiescent ear to any innovation or alteration tending to over¬ 
throw or even disturb old-established customs or practices: 
hence innovation of any description is certain to encounter oppo¬ 
sition ; and though it be of a most useful and necessary descrip¬ 
tion, yet will men’s eyes be shut to it, until its obvious utility 
and genuine value shall have forced them open. This accounts 
for many truly valuable discoveries not being acknowledged as 
such until long after their production, nay, until their very 
authors themselves have quitted that stage upon which they 
have exhibited their achievements. How many instances might 
be quoted here of Fame strewing her laurels over the grave of 
him to whom, while living, she had refused a single sprig! 
And, yet, this is all most wisely ordained. “The love of things 
ancient, doth argue stayedness; but levity and want of experience 
maketh apt to innovations.” 
