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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
■examinations 8i students presented themselves, of whom 53 
passed. During the last quarter 535 animals were sent to the 
•college, of which number 274 horses, 45 dogs, and three cats 
were retained for treatment. At the out-patients free clinique 
1,960 animals were treated, which included 1,139 horses, 20 
donkeys, 622 dogs, 166 cats, seven goats, four birds, and two 
Tats ; 290 horses were brought for examination as to soundness, 
158 of which passed as sound or serviceable. Viscera from 117 
cases of disease were examined for veterinary surgeons or for 
members of the Royal Agricultural Society gratuitously—these 
cases included anthrax, tuberculosis, glanders, actinomycosis, 
rabies, sheep scab, fowl cholera, etc. Mallein for 502 horses was 
supplied gratis to veterinary surgeons.— {London Times^Jan. ij.) 
A Veterinarian’s Suit eor Services. — The County 
Court yesterday decided in favor of the defendant in the case of 
Dr. Albert W. Clement against Charles J. Hartman. The plain¬ 
tiff, who is State Veterinarian, had paid a visit on a Sunday of 
last August to Mr. Hartman’s stock farm, at Dock Raven, at 
Mr. Hartman’s request, and had advised Mr. Hartman as to the 
condition of some of the horses and as to their treatment. After¬ 
ward Dr. Clement sued Mr. Hartman for his services and ob¬ 
tained a magistrate’s judgment of $25.80, from which Mr. Hart¬ 
man appealed. In his testimony Mr. Hartman said that he 
considered Dr. Clement’s visit as one more of a social than a 
professional character, particularly as the Doctor had expressed 
an interest in one of Mr. Hartman’s horses, which he had seen 
at a fair. Defendant’s counsel also raised the point that as the 
alleged services had been rendered on Sunday, a claim based 
upon them was void .—{Baltimore Sun^ March 5.) 
New State Veterinarian for Montana. —Dr. M. B. 
Knowles, formerly State Veterinarian for Indiana and more re¬ 
cently in charge of the sanitation of the extensive horse-breed¬ 
ing farm of Marcus Daly in the Bitter Root Valley of Montana, 
has been appointed State Veterinarian of Montana and entered 
upon his work March i. Stockmen of that State are to be 
congratulated on securing the official services of a man of Dr. 
Knowles’ professional ability and executive capacity. He has 
made a record of intelligent and faithful service publicly and 
privately that ranks him among the most prominent men of his 
profession. Several unknown animal diseases in Montana in¬ 
vite his attention and his experience and success as an original 
investigator will be of value to him in this work. We under¬ 
stand that great numbers of sheep will be dipped in that State 
