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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
present are trying to enlarge their bank accounts. The price for 
examining horses ranges from $2.50 to $7.50. It takes very I 
little time and labor to look over a horse, and a hundred or 
more examined each year will go quite a distance toward pay¬ 
ing ppenses. It has been argued that the dealer or seller should 
receive no consideration whatever. I have observed that about 
75 cent, of the horses sold in Chicago, subject to veterinary 
examination, go before one man. I said to myself, there is 
some reason for this, and when I saw him look at some horses 
I tried to discover the secret of his success, and I found that it 
was his fair treatment and consideration of the seller as well as 
the buyer. In fact, he has the universal respect of every repu¬ 
table dealer in the city. They know he will not reject their 
horses, provided they are useful for the purpose required. I 
also noticed that he apparently has no whims or prejudices, aud 
is not married to any particular breed or color. The result of 
this is that every dealer in the city is ready to sing his praise 
at every opportunity, which goes a long way toward keeping up ' 
his reputation. I know another veterinarian who is universally | 
disliked by the dealers, and they will miss the sale of their j 
horses rather than see them go before him for examination. He | 
starts out on an examination with the idea of finding something | 
on which to reject the horse, and usually accomplishes his aiim 
Another veterinarian is almost afraid to pass a horse for fear 
something will happen for which he will receive the blame. I 
once received a horse from the country which was a fine speci¬ 
men of his class. His conformation was superb, his action fault- ! 
less ; he was a coach horse in every sense of the word, and such I 
a horse as one would strive for months to find. He had a small ! 
insignificant splint, slight wire mark on the pastern, his mouth j 
had been forced probably three months to a five-year-old, and | 
there was a small scar on the cornea of the left eye. Many offers i 
were received for the horse, and finally he was disposed of for i 
$600. The buyer had been looking for two years for just | 
such a horse. He bought him subject to veterinary examina- 1 
tion. The doctor overlooked the splint, spot in the eye, and : 
wire mark, but called him a four-year-old. As the gentleman • 
disliked to part with such an animal he called a second doctor, i 
who passed him on age, speck in the eye and splint, but could j 
not stand the wire mark. A third doctor was called, who ac- 1 
■cepted the wire mark and age, but noticed the scar on the eye, • 
and the splint would surely produce lameness inside of six » 
weeks. The horse was returned and I was branded as a swind. : 
