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THE VETERINARIAN, APRIL 1, 1859. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. 
Cicero. 
APPOINTMENT OE PROFESSOR SPOONER AS AN EXAMINER 
OE HORSES AT THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OE THE ROYAL 
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
It is with great pleasure we announce that the Council of 
the Royal Agricultural Society of England have 
unanimously appointed Professor Spooner the Examiner of 
Horses at their Annual Meetings. 
The labour of inspecting all the animals, and reporting 
thereon to the stewards, had fallen somewhat heavily on 
Professor Simonds, for although he was not without assist¬ 
ance, yet the responsibility rested entirely on him; but now 
that this division is made, each professor will be enabled to 
give his individual energies and talents to the performance 
of the duties of his respective office; and should an emer¬ 
gence arise, or any doubtful case present itself, by co-opera¬ 
tion the difficulty will be surmounted. Thus will be secured 
the object the Society has always had in view, while at the 
same time the public will have full confidence in the correct¬ 
ness of the decisions which may be come to. 
PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE. 
It is but the repetition of a truism to say that there are 
few things which tend more to the advancement of any art 
or science than free and open discussion. Great is the pity, 
therefore, that this privilege should suffer by the injudicious 
conduct of those who have a right to employ it. Our daily 
experience bears witness to the fact that personal invective 
