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streets, thereby endangering the health of the community. The 
disease glanders is contagions and is one of the worst diseases 
that a horse can contract. 
The society regard the winning of the case as most impor¬ 
tant. It is the first instance in the history of Brooklyn that a 
veterinary surgeon has been convicted of a similar charge. For 
that reason the court was lenient, stating that if Dr. Finn or 
any other surgeon was again convicted for the same misdemeanor 
the limit of $500 fine and one year in the penitentiary would 
be imposed. 
The horse in question was owned by Nathaniel Terrel of 41 
Water Street, Manhattan. On March 9 he sent the horse to Dr. 
Finn. Three days afterward Dr. Finn telephoned to Terrel 
that the horse had contracted glanders. Terrel replied that he 
could dispose of the horse in any way that he saw fit. On the 
same day Dr. Finn engaged William J. Canavan of 78 Atlantic 
Avenue to take the horse to Maspeth, Queens County, where the 
animal was to be disposed of. For this service Canavan was to 
receive 25 cents. 
He had gfone as far as North Oxford Street and Flushings 
Avenue on his way with the horse when the animal fell com¬ 
pletely exhausted. Canavan could not get the horse up. After 
considerable delay he telephoned to the office of the Society for 
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and notified them of the 
facts of the case. Officer Nicholas Grace was sent from the 
office to investigate. When Grace made his investigation he 
found that beyond a doubt the horse was suffering from glanders 
and farcy. He communicated with Inspector F. O. Clarke, who 
ordered him to secure warrants for the arrest of Dr. Finn and 
Canavan, the former for allowing the horse to be led through 
the streets in such a condition and the latter for leading it. The 
two men were arrested on March 15011 warrents issued by Mag¬ 
istrate Teale. When they were brought up for hearing before 
the magistrate they both waived examination and were held for 
the action of the Court of Special Sessions. 
The case was tried yesterday, Judge Fitzgerald presiding. 
Lawyer John A. Anderson appeared for Dr. Finn and Canavan, 
while George F. Elliott looked after the interests of the society. 
The first witness who was called was Terrel, the owner of the 
horse. 
Among the witnesses present were Dr. George H. Berns, of 
74 Adams Street; Dr. Roscoe R. Bell, of Seventh Avenue and 
Union Street ; Dr. E. B. Ackerman, of Lee Avenue and Clymer 
