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for the Horsham division. The animals were Irish calves or 
yearlings, and several of them showed symptoms of foot-and- 
mouth disease. Cross-examined.—Mr. Callow said that two of 
them were certainly suffering from the disease, and in a very 
pronounced form. They had been in that state, he should think, 
about three davs. 
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Mr. Callow, Sen., said he saw the calves on the North Parade 
on the 7th instant, when they were suffering from foot-and-mouth 
disease. 
The defence was that the animals were not suffering from foot- 
and-mouth disease, and in support of his contention Mr. Feltham 
called Mr. R. Stock, veterinary surgeon, who said he had in¬ 
spected the animals at Lewes, and they were not suffering from 
foot-and-mouth disease. He had seen them since at Horsham in 
a field, and they were not suffering from the disease, but had 
colds. He thought the death of two animals was from inflamma¬ 
tion of the bowels, and not foot-and-mouth disease. 
Mr. T. Gregory, veterinary surgeon, said he inspected all the 
beasts (on behalf of his father) which were imported from Spain. 
He could not find a single symptom of foot-and-mouth disease at 
the post-mortem examination made of the two dead animals six 
days after the alleged disease was detected. 
Mr. Castledine, another veterinary surgeon, deposed that he 
had fifty years’ experience. He also examined the beasts surviving 
in the field; and he could not find any symptoms of foot-and- 
mouth disease. 
Mr. Sergeant, a retired butcher, gave corroborative evidence, 
and after consulting together for a short time the Bench dis¬ 
missed the case, which had lasted nearly three hours and created 
much interest among agriculturists. 
THE FLEMING TESTIMONIAL FUND. 
Letter from Mr. J. Woodroffe Hill, F.R.C.V.S., 
Wolverhampton. 
Sir, —Being one of the members who attended the first Com¬ 
mittee Meeting in Bed Lion Square, for the purpose of starting 
the “Fleming Testimonial Fund,” I feel exceedingly pained at 
the selfishness or apathy displayed by those whom one would 
have imagined should have been the first to come forward to 
recognise Mr. Fleming’s worth in a tangible and generous form. 
Ten months have now elapsed since the inaugural meeting, and 
during that long period, from a body of professional men num¬ 
bering more than two thousand, only a sum unworthy to be 
called an acknowledgment of our greatest veterinary author’s 
talents has been collected. One can scarcely credit the fact that 
not 140 members have responded to the call out of our large body. 
It is almost a farce to present this miserable amount as a testi- 
