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American Veterinary College, class of 1882, was in attendance 
upon the commencement exercises of the New York-American 
Veterinary College, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New 
York City, June 7, he never having missed paying this tribute 
to his alma mater since his own graduation, this being the nine¬ 
teenth pilgrimage he has made to similar events. At the 
annual alumni dinner he is always to be seen, where his voice 
is ever raised in honor of the old school. 
Some weeks ago the engineer of an automobile turned his 
ungainly rig onto the New York Speedway, and set out to enjoy 
himself. The mounted police at once set sail for the intruder 
and soon caught him, but after it had been stopped the “thing” 
refused to u get up ” again and was stalled on the big drive for 
more than half an hour, causing two or three serious runaways 
among the high spirited horses passing its uncouth shape.. 
Finally connection was established among the numerous wires,, 
the electricity flowed on its proper course and the big machine 
trundled off the speedway, escorted by a big guard of police- 
Breeder's Gazetted) 
A curious accident resulting fatally to man and horses is 
reported from Syracuse, N. Y. A horse attached to a light 
speeding wagon ran away, apparently grew crazy and m his 
mad flight jumped neatly’into a large express wagon being 
driven soberly along the street. The impact of the flying horse 
killed the driver of the express wagon dead on the spot, and 
the unusual sensation caused the steady old horse to also run 
away. The jolting of the heavy springless wagon was appar¬ 
ently more than the horse in the wagon as a passenger could 
stand, so he made a flying leap out over the dashboard. Both 
went down in a heap and when things were sorted out and 
straightened up it was found that both horses were so badly 
damaged as to necessitate the ending of their sufferings by 
merciful shooting, which was forthwith attended to by the po¬ 
liceman on hand. 
Alkaloidal Granules in Canine Practice. —One of the 
problems in the treatment of dogs and other small animals is 
the administration of medicines. Many of such patients are 
so rebellious when an attempt is made to give liquid medicines, 
that the struggle excites the patient and endangers the adminis¬ 
trator, and where repeated doses are necessary it is usually 
abandoned after a few such experiences. Pills prepared after a 
prescription are often bulky and difficult to give, frequently be¬ 
ing soft and sticky, besides entailing loss of time and incurring 
