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should go to the house at 3 o’clock one afternoon, when the 
owner would be absent, as he did not wish to see the operation 
performed. Mr. Clark said he lived on Park Street at the back 
of the engine house, and if he went there the firemen would di¬ 
rect him, as Mr. Clark was well known to them. On going to the 
engine house he was sent to the other Clark house on Park¬ 
way, and there he was met at the door by a servant girl, who 
directed him to the stable in rear. There he found Mr. Clark’s 
man, who was so deaf that he could not make him hear, and he 
had to write his questions. The deaf man said it must be the 
donkey that he was looking for, and added that he had heard 
there was some intention of altering the young colt. Innocently 
enough, the doctor went to work and completed the job in good 
. fashion. Next day he heard from the original Clark, who 
wanted to know why he did not keep his appointment. This 
astonished him, and he at once made inquiry, which led him to 
believe that another veterinary surgeon had been engaged to 
attend the smaller animal. However, he attended to the horse 
and lay quiet until a demand for damages was made by Hudg¬ 
ens, who owns the jackass. The doctor said he knew nothing 
about donkeys, that was, as to value, and he could not define 
the difference between a burro and a donkey. The plaintiff 
told how he intended the handsome strawberry roan for breed¬ 
ing purposes, but admitted that his color was only a sport of na¬ 
ture. It was for this that he valued him the more. He said 
his donkeys came from Mexico, and he could not get them 
here.” A great amount of expert testimony was offered as to 
the value of such animals. Counsel for plaintiff urged that, 
being a breeder, his client, by the operation, had lost one of the 
tools 5 of his trade, and ought to be recompensed. His honor, 
after a long hearing, awarded plaintiff $50. 
PRACTICE FOR SALE. 
A good paying practice, located in Brooklyn, on leading avenue (with or without 
two-story house and hospital), all modern improvements and facilities. Good stand for 
young practitioner looking for a good opening. For particulars, apply to k. A. Anderson, 
Attorney, Eagle Building, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
BACK NUMBERS OF THE REVIEW. 
1 would like to purchase No. 16 of Vol. IX. (1892). I also have the following 
extra numbers to dispose of: Vol. XV., Nos. 7, 8, 9 (1891); Vol. XVI., No. 12 
(1893); Vol. XVII., Nos. 9, 10, 11 ; Vol. XIX., No. 6 (1895). Geo. A. Clark, 
M.D.V., Stoughton, Mass. 
