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afford to leave them exposed to all the odium and disgrace 
which attach thereto. 
It is a well-known fact that glanders is not an unfrequent 
visitor at cab-establishments, and from a statement in Mr. 
Dollar’s communication to the effect that “ the oivner, from the 
great trouble and annoyance she had been subjected to on pre¬ 
vious occasions , was afraid to send the horse to ivorlcf it would 
appear that the one to which this animal belongs is no ex¬ 
ception. If this be true, what opinion must the public en¬ 
tertain of veterinary surgeons who will give countenance to 
the act of sending on the cab-stands of this metropolis 
horses affected with a loathsome, contagious, and fatal dis¬ 
ease—fatal alike to man and beast? The risk of the exten- 
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sion of the malady, always great, is thereby increased in a 
tenfold degree, and all this is incurred with the full know¬ 
ledge of parties whose duty to the public and respect for their 
own reputation should teach them to be the first to inter¬ 
fere to put a stop to such dangerous and illegal proceedings. 
One other circumstance in connection with this case calls 
for comment. It is a singular, but at the same time a signi¬ 
ficant fact, that, with one exception, all the veterinary sur¬ 
geons who were requested by Mr. Dollar to examine the 
horse, after the supposed cure, and to do this especially as to 
his having been affected with glanders, neglect to mention 
in their certificates the circumstance of the Schneiderian 
membrane giving proof of its being at one time extensively 
ulcerated. Mr. Mavor, a gentleman of experience, is the 
exception; and it is evident from the wording of his certifi¬ 
cate, that he is desirous of pointing out the circumstance so 
as to guard himself against any future contingencies. 
On the very day we pen these remarks we observe, in the 
public prints, that Mr. Dollar has made another application 
to the magistrate at the Marlborough Street Office. We 
should not have considered this matter important enough to 
merit our notice, but for the statement which we have put 
into italics in the following extract taken from the Daily 
Telegraph. It will be sufficient that our readers compare this 
with the certificate given by Mr. Varnell, to be fully satisfied 
