VETERINARY JURISPRUDENCE. 683 
in process of legal dispute. A member of the College, a very respectabl 
and highly practical man, was being sued for a very large sum of money, 
nearly £200, for having, as it is alleged, passed a valuable hunter as 
sound in his respiration, whereas in twelve days afterwards two veteri¬ 
nary surgeons of eminence had certified that the said horse was unsound 
in his respiration. The affection of the respiratory organs in question he 
understood to be roaring, and he was desirous to know the opinions 
of the members present as to the causes of roaring, and whether 
this affection can be produced in less than fourteen days without any 
preliminary attendant symptoms, such as cough, sore throat, febrile 
symptoms, &c., &c. He had also understood that the seller of the horse 
in question—an officer of the Guards—was not aware that any impediment 
of the respiration was in existence. 
Mr. Cuthbert made a few observations upon the case in question, and 
then related an instance of roaring coming on within fourteen days 
without any preliminary symptoms. 
Mr, Parlane Walker said it occasionally happened that a horse became 
a roarer after a lengthy and severe gallop. 
Mr. Naylor had known instances of horses becoming suddenly 
affected with roaring in consequence of some violent collision, producing 
partial paralysis of the recurrent nerve. 
Messrs. Freeman, Carter , and the Secretary also expressed their opinions 
that roaring may be produced in a horse in a few days without any 
visible premonitory symptoms. 
A unanimous expression of opinion was given that the action against 
the veterinary surgeon in question ought to be defended. 
The President then gave the history of a diseased ovary in a cow. 
Mr. Freeman described a case of diseased frontal sinuses in a horse. 
Mr. Parlane Walker narrated the history of somewhat an occult disease 
attacking dogs, which he attributed to the affection, dumb-madness. 
Mr. Naylor was of opinion that the dogs spoken of by Mr. Walker 
were affected with dumb-madness, and gave the history of some similar 
cases. He recollected a mad dog once travelling from seventy to 
eighty miles away from his home in less than twelve hours. 
Mr. J. H. Ferguson, of Leeds, kindly volunteered to read a paper upon 
“ The present epidemic of pig typhoid in Leeds ” at the next meeting. 
Wm. Broughton, Hon. Sec. " 
Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
A SHORTHORN CAUSE CELEBRE. 
A case of great importance to shorthorn breeders and to all interested 
in pedigree stock has been tried before Mr. Justice Hawkins and a jury 
at the Gloucestershire Summer Assizes. 
Mr. Allsopp, M.P. for Eastern Worcestershire, sought to recover dam¬ 
ages from Henry J. Hopkins, Moulton Grange Farm, Northampton, for an 
alleged breach of warranty, and false and fraudulent representation with 
respect to the pedigree of a short-horn bull, known as “ Grand Patriot 2d,” 
purchased by the plaintiff of the defendant at the Birmingham annual 
show and sale in March, 1875. The facts of the case, as appearing from 
the speech of Mr. Staveley Hill, Q.C., in opening the case, were as 
follows:—The animal was entered in the catalogue of the show as under ; 
