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and very promising. She was allowed her freedom in a 
small pasture in the daytime, and at night was housed in a 
warm box-stall and fed what grain she would eat up by morn¬ 
ing, as she had been used to do since she was old enough to 
eat grain. 
On the evening of the 29th the colt was treated as usual, 
and was to all appearances well as usual. The owner had 
noticed, however, for some little time that the colt was not in 
as good condition as it should be from the feed and care he 
was giving it, but noticed nothing about her to cause him to 
suspicion any trouble. 
Upon going to the stable upon the morning of the 30th 
he found this favorite colt sick. From appearances he judged 
it to be colic or something of that nature, and thought it 
would soon recover. He gave her some medicine which he 
had, and thought it would do her some good, but did nothing 
except to relieve the pain for a short time. Colt would at 
times throw itself violently and evince severe pain, get up 
and lie down and roll; threw itself so violently at times that 
it was dangerous to its own life, and required some one to 
watch her all the time. Thinking still that it might not be so 
very serious, and having no help, the owner did not send for 
medical aid until about two o’clock in the afternoon, when I 
was sent for. but was away at the time the messenger ar¬ 
rived visiting another patient, and did not arrive in answer 
to the call until 4 P.M., when upon entering the stall I found 
the patient lying prostrate upon the floor apparently lifeless. 
Upon closer examination I found that life was not extinct, but 
that death would very soon result. The only chance being 
to administer a stimulant immediately, and try to prolong 
life until the patient could be examined and ailment ascer¬ 
tained. Such was prepared at once, although with no hope 
of being effectual, but was not administered, as by the time it 
could be prepared for administration the colt was dead. She 
had not made a struggle, and breathed but twice after I en¬ 
tered the stable. On this account I was unable to get but 
very little information from personal observation, but from 
what I could learn from owner I diagnosed the trouble as 
