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20, in reply to his derogatory criticism of the value of tubercu¬ 
lin. We published in a recent issue the action of that Board 
in returuiug the condemned cattle to the Shedd herd, and this 
controversy has grown out of that action. 
Dr. John G. SrEE, until the breaking out of the Hispano- 
American War veterinary inspector under the Bureau of Animal 
Industry at the Brighton Abattoir, Boston, is now veterinarian 
to the Second U. S. V^olunteer Cavalry, Seventh Army Corps, 
stationed at Panama, Florida, from which point he expects to 
be ordered to Cuba at any moment. Dr. R. W. Grutzman, of 
Jacksonville, Florida, occupies a similar position in the Second 
Division of the same corps. Both are recent graduates of the 
A. V. C. 
Drs. W. L. Baker, of Cortland, N. Y., and H. R. Rider, of 
Deposit, N. Y., have formed a partnership and leased the veter¬ 
inary hospital of Dr. Nelson P. Hinkley of Buffalo—the prem¬ 
ises having recently been occupied by Drs. Willyoung and 
Gangloff, who have dissolved partnership and engaged in prac¬ 
tice upon their individual accounts. Dr. Baker is President of 
the New York State Veterinary Medical Society, and Dr. Rider 
graduated from the New York State College at its last examina¬ 
tions. We wish them every success in their new field. 
Horse Show Exhibitors’ Association. —At the recent 
Newport Horse Show considerable talk was indulged in by the 
horsemen present with reference to organizing a horse-show ex¬ 
hibitors’ association in the East, and such a society will proba¬ 
bly be incorporated during the meeting of the National Horse 
Show in New York. Among its objects it will have for its aim 
the outlining of standard horse-show rules and regulations and 
co-operation with the management of horse shows in the selec¬ 
tion of judges and in other particulars where suggestions of ex¬ 
hibitors would be helpful. 
Suit for Damages. —John F. Gibson, a New York horse 
dealer, having written to a gentleman who had refused to con¬ 
summate the purchase of a horse because Veterinarian E. B. 
Ackerman, of Brooklyn, had condemned him as being unsound, 
and saying that the horse did not pass for the reason that he 
could not afford to give the “ tip ” which the doctor required, 
the latter has retained counsel, who are bringing suit for $io,- 
ooo damages. The attorneys say it is one of the best and 
clearest cases they have ever been retained in, and expect to get 
a substantial verdict for their client. If the dealer is proven 
