EDITORIAL. 
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Of course these are but preliminaries, and we will on more 
than one occasion before the meeting have to present the sub¬ 
ject to our readers. 
But there is another which is already pretty well settled ; 
that is, the subject of the prizes which are offered by the 
Association and the veterinary press. The following com¬ 
munication, received from the Prize Committee, will be of 
interest to those who may entertain the idea of entering the 
competition: 
The Committee on Prizes of the United States Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion desires to call the attention of its members to the following announcement: 
It is the purpose of the Association to give the sum of fifty dollars, to which the 
editors of the American Veterinary Review and Journal of Comparative 
Medicine have each added twenty-five dollars, as a first prize for the best paper 
that may be submitted to them on any professional subject. 
In addition to this, the editors of the American Veterinary Review and 
the Journal of Comparative Medicine will each give plate to the value of twenty- 
five dollars, making a total prize of fifty dollars, for the second best paper, as 
above. 
Papers for this competition must be legibly written, and in the hands of the 
committee by August 1st, next. 
In compliance with an order of the Association, the prize papers must be 
read and defended at one of the regular meetings. The successful papers in this 
competition will probably be called up at the coming annual meeting in Chicago, 
at which time and place the prizes will be awarded, the final award being made 
by the committee. The article is then to become the property of the Association. 
Competitors shall use a nom de plume , retaining in their own way the means 
of after identification. 
Papers should be addressed to Charles P. Lyman, Chairman, 50 Village St., 
Boston, Mass. 
C. P. Lyman, Chairman , 50 Village St., Boston, Mass.,-) 
W. H. Lowe, 190 Ellison St., Paterson, N. J., > Committee. 
L. McLean, 14-16 Nevins St., Brooklyn, N. Y., ) 
It is hoped that the arrangements above-mentioned will 
work well, and remove the objections and difficulties which 
were encountered some years ago when prizes were offered 
before the Association. The only objection, we think, that is 
likely to interfere with the smooth execution of the work of 
the committee is the request that the “ prize papers must be 
read and defended at one of the regular meetings f and “ the suc¬ 
cessful papers in this competition will probably be called up 
at the coming annual meeting in Chicago.” This seems to 
