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THE VETEEINARIAN, JANUARY 1, 1869. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat.—C icero. 
THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW—REMOVAL OE 
CATTLE FROM THE METROPOLIS. 
By virtue of a special Order of Council the clauses 
which affect the movement of cattle from the metropolis 
were suspended in favour of the animals exhibited at the 
late fat cattle show in the Agricultural Hall; and at this 
distance of time it is tolerably safe to volunteer the state¬ 
ment that no injury has resulted from the passage of some 
hundred and twenty cattle across the prescribed boundary. 
It is necessary to allude to these circumstances, in order to 
explain the conditions under which the concession was made, 
and the precautions which were taken to prevent untoward 
consequences, because there is a gradually growing convic¬ 
tion in the minds of persons interested in the cattle trade, 
that the removal of a certain number of cattle from London 
into the country was an experiment of a preparatory cha¬ 
racter, intended, if successful, to pave the way for a total 
abolition of all restrictions upon the metropolitan cattle 
traffic. Without pretending to foresee what proceedings may 
hereafter be taken in respect of the movement of cattle in 
this country, we do not hesitate to assert that the special 
arrangements which were carried out at the Smithfield show 
had nothing to do with the general question of removal of 
restrictions which at present confine cattle in the metropolis 
to a limited area. Indeed, the stringent regulations which 
were made the conditions of removal of cattle over the 
boundary line, in themselves sufficiently indicate that Lon¬ 
don is still estimated as an infected place. Cattle which had 
been fed in the metropolis were not allowed admittance to 
the show, all the animals which were admitted were 
examined on their entrance to the Hall, and after being 
kept there during the week of the show, were again 
