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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Successful Cart-Horse Shows. —In the Regent’s Park, 
London, on Whit-Monday, over 770 horses appeared in compe¬ 
tition for the valuable prizes offered by the Society. All horses 
had to pass the preliminary examination of the veterinary in¬ 
spectors, after which they were examined by four judges for 
grooming and cleanliness. The gentlemen who undertook this 
part of the preceedings were the Karl of Veriilam, Lord Arthur 
Cecil, Lieut.-Col. Henry, and Mr. Tom Jay. Four other judges 
awarded the premiums and silver medals offered by the Shire 
Horse Society for the best horses, irrespective of breed, and two 
others the prizes for horses of the Suffolk breed. The show 
was a great success. The parade and horse show held at Provi¬ 
dence, R. I., Monday, June 7, was modeled on lines similar to 
the cart-horse parade held in London. This was the first event 
of this kind ever held in this country, and the Providence Horse 
Improvement Association intends in the future to make the 
affair an annual one. The initial parade and exhibition was an 
unqualified success and reflects credit on the association. Messrs. 
K. B. Conant, of Lowell, Mass.; John Shepard, of Boston; Har¬ 
rison K. Caner, of Philadelphia; D. Winslow Clark, of Boston; 
Jos. Balch, M. F. H., and Herbert Maynard, of Dedham, Mass.; 
A. R. Burnham and J. C. Small, of Willimantic, Conn., were 
the judges, the veterinary surgeons being Dr. John T. Cunning¬ 
ham and Dr. L. Parker. The judging of the draught horses 
and delivery wagons was one of the most interesting features of 
the show, especially the heavy-draught, eight-horse teams. 
First Prosecution Under the New Horse-shoers’ 
Law in New York State. —Lawyer Edward J. Callahan and 
Charles J. McGinniss, the former counsel and the latter secretary 
of the National Horse-shoers’ Protective Association, appeared in 
the Ewen Street Police Court, Brooklyn, N. Y., on July 21st, to 
prosecute the first case brought at the instance of the associa¬ 
tion under amendments made at the last session of the Legis¬ 
lature to Chapter 271 of the laws of 1896, entitled “An act to 
regulate the practice of horse-shoeing in cities of the State of 
New York having a population of 50,000 or more.” The de¬ 
fendant was Edward Jones, a horse-shoer at McKibben Street 
and Graham Avenue. The prosecution charged that Mr. Jones 
filed an affidavit with the County Clerk of Queens County that 
he had been for three years, prior to the passage of the act, a 
practical horse-shoer, whereas the prosecution contended they 
could prove that Mr. Jones had not practiced the trade for two 
years past. Lawyer Callahan explained that the association 
