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A PLEASANT TRIP TO TORONTO. 
Profs. McEachran, of McGill, and Smith, of Ontario, 
classmates in Scotland, had a heated discussion at the banquet 
upon the proper length of a veterinary college course, but finally 
buried the hatchet under a bumper of wine. 
No man ever worked harder nor succeeded better in making 
others comfortable and happy than did Chairman Hinkley, of 
the local committee of arrangements. He was ably seconded 
by Drs. Samuel Somerville, Jr., John Wende and Willyoung. 
The absence of Prof. Olof Schwarzkopf, chairman of the 
Executive Committee of the Association of Faculties, was 
greatly regretted by himself and his colleagues. His official 
duties detained him at the last moment, but he fulfilled his 
offices by letter in a very satisfactory manner. 
Scarcely a veterinary school lacked representation at Buf¬ 
falo. The American, Robertson and Bell; Chicago, Hughes; 
McKillip, Wright; New York, Gill; Harvard, Osgood and 
Lyman ; Cornell, Law and Williams; Pennsylvania, Pearson; 
Kansas City, Stewart; Iowa, Stalker; National, Salmon; Mc¬ 
Gill, McEachran ; Ontario, Smith. 
A PLEASANT TRIP TO TORONTO. 
A number of members of the United States Veterinary Medical 
Association, who were in attendance upon the recent meeting in 
Buffalo, availed themselves of an opportunity to visit the city of 
Toronto. A party of veterinarians crossed Lake Ontario on the 
evening boat on Friday, September 4th, consisting of Drs. Cot¬ 
ton and White, of Ohio ; Drs. Faulkner and Hoffman, of West¬ 
ern Pennsylvania ; Drs. Hoskins and Pearson, of Philadelphia ; 
Drs. Gill and Ellis, of New York ; Dr. Ackerman, of Brooklyn ; 
Dr. Stewart, of Kansas, and Dr. Hughes, of Chicago. Drs. Pear¬ 
son, Hoskins and Stewart and Mrs. Hoskins were guests at the 
house of Prof. Smith on the evening of the 4th, Drs. Osgood, Gill, 
Ackerman and Ellis, and Mrs. Osgood were guests at the Queen’s 
Hotel, the rest of the party stopping at the Red Horse and other 
hotels. 
On the morning of the 5th, by appointment, the party met 
Prof. Smith at the Ontario Veterinary College, in Temperance 
Street, and after being shown through the institution, were 
driven around the city in carriages and shown the points of in¬ 
terest ; among other things, stopping at Prof. Smith’s residence, 
and being introduced to his family. This part of the pro- 
