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the tuberculin test fifty-two have been found diseased and have 
been killed .—Medical Record. 
A Veterinarian and His u Wheel.” —Several of the far- 
western \ eterinarians were stopping - over in Chicago on their re¬ 
turn from Buffalo. Dr. Reynolds, of Minnesota, spent there 
several days visiting his old friends, making a call on the col¬ 
leges, and taking a spin on the Boulevards around the city upon 
his inseparable wheel which accompanied him throughout his 
vacation trip to Buffalo. 
A Flourishing Association.— A monthly magazine called 
The Livery Stable , in its account of the meeting of the U. S. V. 
M. A., at Buffalo, says that eight hundred members were in at¬ 
tendance. If its scare at the popularity of the bicycle is based 
upon the same exaggeration of facts, those who earn their dailv 
bread m various capacities around the historic soliped have but 
little to fear from that source. 
Successful Horse Show. —Kansas City held its second 
annual, horse show September 5 to 12. The number and variety 
of exhibits was quite large and very encouraging to the man¬ 
agement, so much so that a number of prizes for next year 
were announced on the closing day. The interest continued 
throughout, the attendance increasing with each day. Dr. R. 
C. Moore officiated as veterinarian for the show. 
Serum-Therapy in Hog Cholera.— Mr. Harold Sorbv, 
the wide-awake manager of the Pasteur Vaccine Co., Chicago’ 
upon hearing of the success of Dr. Peters’ paper on “ Serum- 
Therapy in Hog-Cholera,” read at Buffalo, had immediately a 
consultation with the doctor with a view of a practical utiliza¬ 
tion of his researches. Who can tell if fortune is not to follow 
fame with these young scientific experimenters in veterinary 
bacteriology. 
Horse-show .Veterinary Raw.— The following rule in 
reference to veterinary examinations of entries at the^ Madison 
Square Horse Show, which takes place this month, has just been 
promulgated by the governing committee : “ The veterinarv 
examination of all horses shall be conducted jointly by two of 
the association’s veterinary surgeons. Should they disagree as 
to the soundness of a horse, the third shall be called in, whose 
decision shall be final.” 
W. H. Dalrymple, M.R.C.V.S., of Baton Rouge, Da., read 
a paper on “ The Care of Live Stock,” before the North Louisi¬ 
ana Agricultural Association, at Calhoun, Sept. 18th, and inci- 
