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them of the result. In the New York Morning Telegraph 
of March 27 we find the summaries of the racing on the day 
previous at Little Rock, Ark., and in the third race, for three- 
year-olds, Cheesestraw II. came in fourth, beating four others, 
the distance being six furlongs, and the time 1.17. Dr. Shep¬ 
pard writes that he will follow up her performances, and will 
again inform us as to her conduct. [Since the above was in 
type Dr. Sheppard sends another copy£>f the same paper, giving 
the result of the races of March 29, and in the third race we 
find that Cheesestraw II. won, beating five horses, finishing 
under the whip in the same time as the previous performance.] 
Caesarian Section. —Mr. James Laithwood, M. R. C. V. S., 
in the Jour. Comp. Pathol, and Therapeutics , records the case 
of a half-bred Russian poodle which was in a state of collapse 
from dystokia, having been in labor all of the previous day. 
Only the ribs of a pup could by felt by vaginal examination. 
Caesarian section was decided upon. The hair was shaved from 
the flank, the skin disinfected, and an incision made through 
the skin in an oblique direction towards the hip, the muscular 
fibres being separated, and the uterus withdrawn. It being in¬ 
cised, five pups were removed, four of which were alive, the 
fifth being dead and twice the normal size, the sole cause of the 
mischief. The wound was sutured with carbolized catgut and 
a bandage applied over it. The bitch recovered. 
Making an Artificial Preputial Opening. —Mr. B. God- 
fray, M. R. C. V. S., in The Veterinarian , describes the case of 
a twelve-months-old fox terrier dog, which had a congenital de¬ 
formity of the prepuce, there existing but a small hole in the 
prepuce, through which urine escaped in drops. After inject¬ 
ing 10 minims of a 10# solution of cocaine, a longitudinal 
incision was made in the median line, guided by a grooved 
director, extending half an inch. Two other incisions were 
then made at obtuse angles to the first, cut in the form of a Y. 
The tissue between the forks of the Y were removed and the 
penis brought into view. It was then easily protruded, and the 
edges of the wound kept apart, recovery being complete. 
Veterinary Ambulance Corps in Future Wars. —The 
British Humane Society, London, has suggested to the War 
Department to provide for a Veterinary Ambulance Corps in 
South Africa, in order to remove promptly horses which are 
severely wounded and shoot those beyond hope of recovery. 
The War Department in reply has stated that such an ambu¬ 
lance corps would not come under the rules of the Geneva Con- 
