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VETERINARY INSPECTION IN SUFFOLK. 
At the meeting of the committee of the Suffolk Agricul¬ 
tural Association, at Ipswich, on Tuesday, the 19th ult.. Lord 
Stradbroke in the chair, the question of veterinary inspection 
of the horses came on for discussion. 
The Chairman said, he had been told that it was objected 
that the veterinary surgeon could not, in one morning, give 
sufficient time properly to examine the animals. They all 
knew the enormous importance of having sound animals; and 
prizes ought not to be given to animals which were not sound 
both in wind and limb. [The noble earl here quitted the 
chair to catch the train; and Mr. Allan Ransome was called 
upon to succeed his lordship.] 
Mr. Steam proposed that there should be no inspection. 
The time allotted to it did not enable the inspector to give 
satisfaction. Mr. M. Biddell seconded the jwoposition, and 
said, let them choose good judges, and depend upon them. 
A member remarked that a veterinary surgeon at the elbow 
of the judges must be an immense assistance. 
Mr. G. Sexton said, unless the inspection could be done 
well, it should not be done at all; and he did not see how it 
could be done well in the time. 
Mr. W. Biddell mentioned an instance in which the certi¬ 
ficate of the inspector led to great injustice to the exhibitor. 
The animal's teeth indicated three years old, whereas it could 
have been proved it was only two years. 
Mr. H. Biddell proposed that the last sentence in the rule, 
“ The judges of horses to be accompanied by a duly-qualified 
veterinary inspector,” be struck out, and that there be added, 
“ The judges to have special regard to soundness.” 
Mr. Dobito proposed that the rule stand as at present; 
and if one inspector were insufficient, let two or three be 
appointed. They wanted to breed good sound horses. There 
was no better stock in the world; and let them keep them 
as pure as they could. 
A member seconded Mr. Dobito's motion. 
Mr. Steam said it would be all very well if the show lasted 
a week. 
On a show of hands, there appeared ten for the rule to 
stand as at present, and ten against it. 
The Chairman said, where there was a rule in dispute, and 
the voting was even, the Chairman gave his vote in favour of 
the rule as it stood, inasmuch as there was not a majority 
against it. 
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