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EDITORIAL. 
modes of transit (especially the bicycle) became an easy matter, 
as the public was earnestly seeking to curtail expenses, and 
readily grasped the explanation for giving up the maintenance 
of horses by putting forth the fictitious love of outdoor exercise 
as afforded by the health-giving bicycle, quoting eminent medi¬ 
cal authority in support of their contention. When following 
this came the stock-jobbing automobile syndicates, with glow¬ 
ing statements of prospective business that would have done 
credit to the late Col. Sellers, the yellow journals rushed to the 
conclusion that the horseless age was upon us, and illustrated 
their faith by ridiculing the horse and denouncing him as un¬ 
clean and unsafe, publishing pictures of imaginary museums 
containing his fossil bones as a reminder of the dark days when 
we were in such a crude state as to have utilized him as a means 
of pleasure and a beast of burden. 
During that period the Review endeavored to take a con¬ 
servative view of the situation, pointing out the elements which 
were conspiring to mislead the public, and showing how the 
noblest beast of creation, intimately associated with the history 
of all great events in the world’s progress, was in no danger of 
suffering impairment of his glory in this enlightened age. His 
relief from burdens that were almost a sacrilege to exact from 
him meant nothing but a greater destiny for him. We feel, 
therefore, at this time, that the Review is eligible to refer to 
these recent circumstances of history, and to draw the attention 
of its readers to the fact that throughout the country the appre¬ 
ciation of the horse was never keener than at the present time, 
and the demand for him is increasing with a rapidity that seri¬ 
ously menaces the supply. Prices are up to the boom standard, 
and students of the breeding situation predict that they are 
but in their infancy. The foreign market recently opened up 
to America is very encouraging, and reports credit the Ameri¬ 
can horse with giving general satisfaction wherever he is 
sent. 
• This all means that the future of the veterinary practitioner 
is very bright, as owners of horses at prevailing prices must 
