OPENING OF SESSION, ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE. 819 
Cobbold to deliver the address. Now you know Dr. Cobbold a great deal 
better than I do. You know that Dr. Cobbold is an enthusiast on his pet 
subject—helminthology, I believe,—a very long word. Now Dr. Cobbold 
being an enthusiast in helminthology I beg leave to say I am an enthusiast 
in shoeing. Both are exceedingly useful in their way, and I am not prepared 
to say that the knowledge of farriery will not conduce as much to the com¬ 
fort of the horse as even the destruction of the worms in his stomach. 
Gentlemen, I ask you to pay attention to the address which will now be 
delivered by Dr. Cobbold. 
[We give the address in full in another part of the Journal.] 
On the conclusion of the address the name of the winner of the 
Scholarship was announced, after which the distribution of Medals and 
Certificates took place, the Chairman adding some well-timed and pertinent 
remarks to each recipient in turn. 
The Scholarship of £25 Per Annum for Two Years was awarded to Mr. 
C. E. Cockram, of Weymouth. 
Honorable Metition was made of Mr. Thomas Pottinger, St. John’s. 
Coleman Prize. 
Silver Medal awarded to Mr. W. P. Smith, Downham. 
Bronze Medal to Mr. E. S. Shave, London. 
Certificate of Merit to Mr. W. A. Edgar, Dartford. 
Assistant Inspector, Boyal Agricultural Society; Certificate awarded to 
Mr. W. A. Edgar and Mr. James Mills. 
„ „ Smitlfield Club (1878); Certificate awarded to Mr. 
Joseph Bainbridge and Mr. James Blakeway. 
Certificates of Distinction. 
Mr. E. E. Batt. 
— James Blakeway. 
— W. A. Edgar. 
— Titus Littler. 
Mr. James Mills. 
— W. E. Smith. 
— J. D. Thomas. 
— A. C. Turner. 
Mr. W. H. McCaldon. 
Clinical Clerks. 
Mr. J. Bainbridge. 
— J. Blakeway. 
— A. Cox. 
— W. A. Edgar. 
— W. R. Emery. 
— H. Gibbins. 
— C. H. Golledge. 
— E. T. Hart. 
— H. J. Kelly. 
Mr. T. Littler. 
— J. Mills. 
— T. Pritchard. 
— W. Roach. 
— E. S. Shave. 
— E. J. Short. 
— W. E. Smith. 
— J. Soulsby. 
— J. D. Thomas. 
Mr. S. 0. Langley. 
Monitors. 
Mr. J. Bainbridge. 
— W. A. Edgar. 
— W. T. Emery. 
Mr. J. Mills. 
— W. F. Smith. 
— J. D. Thomas. 
Mr. W. H. McCaldon. 
The Chairman : Gentlemen, I assure you I find myself in an uncommonly 
difficult position. I came here having got up all about my visit to Alfort. 
Now quite by accident I am delighted to find that Dr. Cobbold has been 
there before me and he has told you all that he saw there and what he told 
