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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
popular figure at harness meetings for several seasons past, died * 
at Galesburg, June lo, of pneumonia. He had just recovered » 
from an attack of enteritis, and was unable to rally against a -2 
second critical disease. He held three world’s records an 
eighth in i 8 }{ seconds, a quarter in 38}^ seconds, and a half in ^ 
i:30_and was undoubtedly the fastest canine wiggler yet seen. 
His skeleton will be mounted by a skilled taxidermist. He 
was nine years of age. J' 
American High-Steppers at the Engeish Shows.— Mr. e 
George B. Hulme met with great success in his venture in tak- 
ing several horses to England to compete in the horse shows of ^ 
that country. His lot consisted of six chestnuts, the best known 
of which were Marksman and Cracksman, and in all the cam- 
paigii covered six shows, winning thirty-five prizes. At the 
Crystal Palace they won 14 prizes, i championship, i reserve E 
championship, 3 firsts (Marksman ist),^ ist in single harness, ist > 
pair in harness. In these classes his horses were matched • 
against England’s champion cobs. 
Rabies IN New Jersey. —A large St. Bernard dog, appar-/G 
ently suffering from rabies, has been keeping the town of Eliza- 
beth in a state of siege, biting children and innumerable am- v, 
mals. Although every effort was made to destroy the affected ^ 
animal he eluded his pursuers, keeping up his death-dealing at- ^ 
tacks, however. Einally the Board of Health held a special ^ 
meeting, and Veterinarian E. A. Ziicker was placed in charge | 
of the case with instructions to procure necessary assistance to ^5 
capture the rabid animal and to destroy all dogs known to have j., 
been bitten by him. We have not heard the result of the efforts 
of the vigilance committee. f 
American Horses in England. —The Mark Lane Ex- y. 
press^ in reviewing the foreign trade of Britain for the first /' 
quarter of the year, says : “ But if the horse exports have in--E 
creased, the imports have done so in a far greater degree, for .i- 
they reached the enormous figure of 11,517, instead of 9210 for . 
the corresponding first quarter of last year. Further, when we • 
find that no fewer than 8407 of these came from the United J 
States, we know that a great many of the Shire and Clydesdale ^ 
breeds were among them. ‘ The Americans, who were such ^ 
good customers to our breeders ten or a dozen years since, now - 
compete with them not only abroad but in their own markets^ 
here at home by sending over big shipments of the progeny of ^ 
mares and stallions they procured from this country a long time^ 
