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EDITORIAL. 
upon a subject relating to veterinary science, or to repeat the re¬ 
marks we have already offered upon the subject. Still we desire 
to bring it again into notice in order to emphasize our view of its 
importance, and our appreciation of the interest which we would 
excite in the minds of those who may think of entering the lists 
and competing for the premium. 
Our anxious wish is that we may be instrumental, through the 
method we have adopted, in the production of a paper bearing its 
own evidence of fresh research and earnest investigation—an 
essay of real originality and genuine merit, which will be at once 
recognized and acknowledged as a contribution to American vet¬ 
erinary literature of permanent value and excellence: something 
that will not be sure to perish with the current ephemera of the 
press. 
The pains we have taken in the selection of the Committee of 
Award and the success of our endeavors in this important mat¬ 
ter, will so amply guarantee the competitors agaiust possible injus¬ 
tice arising from partiality of feeling or incompetency of judg- . 
ment, as to leave no room for question as to the correctness of 
whatever decision may be rendered ; a fact than which nothing 
could more surely establish and enhance the value of the distinc¬ 
tion which will inhere in the decision itself, and constitute the 
chief significance and worth of the prize. 
Two of the competitive papers have now been received, and 
will be submitted to the Keview, to be followed without delay by 
such others as may be offered, in their due order. 
We had originally fixed the limit for the presentation of the 
essays to the first of April, but upon a reconsideration of the 
point, we have decided to extend the date to the fifteenth of June, 
at which time we shall conclude that all who contemplate a par¬ 
ticipation in the contention will have perfected their intention and 
forwarded their essays. Should any of the papers fail to reach 
our hands at the time appointed they will be reserved for the next 
year’s contest, unless they are withdrawn or otherwise disposed of 
by their authors. Our desire to improve the occasion of some au¬ 
thentic meeting of veterinarians, for the announcement of the 
name of the successful competitor, is our principal reason for the 
