EDITORIAL. 
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a solemn obligation, and whether it be favorable or otherwise to 
the seller, his character shohld be unassailable. To the everlast¬ 
ing credit of m.ost New York dealers it may be said that such 
is the case ; they may feel disappointed and angered for the mo¬ 
ment, but in the majority of cases they have a higher regard for 
the ability and character of the examiner than if an unsound¬ 
ness were winked at because of the few dirty dollars which 
were to pass from seller to examiner after the buyer had been 
buncoed by their united conniving. In a few instances it is the 
practice of the dealer to attack the integrity of every veterina¬ 
rian who gives a decision adverse to his interests by insinuating 
that the price at which the horse is being sold precludes the 
possibility of his giving the examiner a sufficient fee to secure 
the proper certificate, etc., etc.—thus stabbing an innocent man 
in the back, and dealing the character of the victim a blow 
against which he has no means of defense, as the matter is so 
delicate that it will probably never reach his ears. It is seldom, 
however, that a dealer would be so hazardous as to put such a 
statement in the form of a letter, and that the one receiving it 
would turn it over to the party maligned. But such an instance 
has recently occurred, and the outcome of it is a suit for $10,000 
damages, the papers in the case having been served, and matters 
are shaping for a prosecution with vigorous determination. We 
trust that no compromise will be entertained, and for the bene¬ 
fit of the profession at large we hope that nothing will be left 
undone to prosecute the offender to the full extent of the law. 
Murder of character is worse than physical assault, for it strikes 
m this case not one but all. 
THINK OF IT IN THIS TIGHT. 
American veterinary journalism will not permit of the 
luxury of canvassers for patronage; veterinary editors cannot 
afford the time to solicit subscribers by correspondence ; yet 
they are very much needed for their financial, moral and liter¬ 
ary support. Every subscriber should feel as much interest 
and responsibility for the success of the journals as the editors 
