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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
The veterinarians of South Dakota have organized an 
association and will endeavor to secure a practice act at the 
next session of the legislature. 
Dr. H. D. Fenimore, of Knoxville, Tenn.,has retired from 
the practice of veterinary medicine, and writes the Review 
that there is an opening there for a practical veterinarian. 
Dr. S. S. Snyder, of Cedarburg, Wis., has been appointed 
Resident State Secretary of the A. V. M. A. in place of Dr. G. 
Ed. Eeecli, of Milwaukee. 
At the sale of Hereford cattle at Kansas City, Oct. 23, the 
yearling bull Columbus XVII—adjudged the best bull in the 
sale—was sold at auction to Frank Rockefeller for $5050. 
The Veterinary Service Association seems to have 
subsided into “ innocuous desuetude,” as its efforts to corner prac¬ 
tice in Greater New York have proven a failure. We have 
heard of no practitioner complaining of lost clients. Next. 
Drs. Wieeiam Sheppard, Thomas G. Sherwood, and John 
M. Heard, all graduates of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons of England, were the official veterinarians of the last 
National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden. 
The recent automobile show held in New York attracted 
much attention and many new models of the lifeless machine 
were exhibited. As a consequence the National Horse Show 
was a greater success than ever. 
Dr. R. W 7 . Hickman, B.A.I., for a number of years in charge 
of inspection at New York, has been ordered to Washington to 
assume charge of the Miscellaneous Division of the Bureau. 
In consequence the profession of Gotham loses a genial mem¬ 
ber, and New York University a valuable instructor. 
The library of the A. V. M. A., in custody of Librarian 
Williams, of the New York State Veterinary College, was 
domiciled in the building which was partially destroyed by fire 
on the 13th ult., but Dr. W. informs us that it came out un¬ 
scathed, as did his private library. 
The Westchester County (N. Y.) Association has begun its 
crusade against illegal practitioners in its district, and all but 
one suspect are now in process of prosecution. An example 
worthy of emulation in every section of this and other States 
having adequate laws. 
The last meeting of the New York State Society having 
proven such a phenomenal success from every point of view, 
the President of that organization has reappointed the head of 
the Arrangements Committee of last year with most of the 
