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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
peculiar complication of the affairs of life it would produce if 
we were to get our futures behind us. 
At the last annual meeting of the Manitoba Veterinary As¬ 
sociation, held in Winnipeg in February, the resolutions on 
tuberculosis passed by the Buffalo meeting of the United States 
Veterinary Medical Association were unanimously endorsed. 
Marcus Dauy, of Montana, has cabled an offer to the owner 
of Gal tee More, the Irish-bred rrce-horse who won the last 
English Derby, of $125,000 and half of his turf earnings for 
that celebrated animal, his intention being to soon place him at 
the head of his wonderful stud. 
Dr. W. G. CuARK, Secretary of the Wisconsin Association 
of Veterinary Graduates, has removed from Beaver Dam to 
Marinette, Wis., where he has formed a business partnership 
with State Veterinarian H. P. Clute. Members of the above as¬ 
sociation should address Dr. Clark, care Box 136, Marinette, 
Wis. 
Is Docking a Necessary Operation? —At a meeting of 
the Lancashire (England) Veterinary Medical Association a 
paper on “ Docking ” was read by Mr. William Woods, E. R. C. 
V. S., and the following resolution was unanimously adopted: 
“ That in the opinion of this society the docking of horses is a 
necessary operation.” 
The Pacing Mare Marion Miles paced a full mile on 
the half-mile’track at Combination Park, Medford, Mass., with¬ 
out driver or sulky, on July 6, in 2:05^, in an effort to beat her 
previous record of 2:07)^, made under like conditions. Since 
then she has paced a full mile, without sulky or driver, in 2:04^, 
some watches making it 2:04 flat. 
A Remarkable Accident. —The usually very careful med¬ 
ical proofreader of the Journal of Co^nparative Medicine and 
Veterinary Archives must have been absent on his summer va¬ 
cation during the typographical preparation of Prof. W. L- Wil¬ 
liams’ interesting report of a case of “ Luxation of the Meta- 
QdiT^o-Pharyngeal Articulation in a Horse.” 
Died in His Sulky. —A telegram from Rockland, Me., 
dated July 6, states: There was a sad climax to the races at 
the trotting park yesterday afternoon. As the horses came 
before the stand in the first half mile of the fourth heat, Dr. W. 
D. Farnham, driver and owner of Ikey M., swayed and fell 
from his sulky. When picked up it was found he was dead. 
Dr. Farnham was a veterinary surgeon. 
