NEWS AND ITEMS. 
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members in anticipation that their past experience will enable 
them to even eclipse their great work of 1900. 
Dr. H. G. Patterson, of St. Joseph, Mo., has returned to 
take up his practice in that city after five months’ service with 
the British government in the transportation 1 of animals to 
South Africa. The doctor reports successful and pleasant voy¬ 
ages, and a jolly good time. 
Dr. H. E. Rice, of Little Rock, Ark. ; Dr. D. G. Moberly, 
of Kansas City, Mo. ; Dr. Ed. Makins, of Abilene, Kans. ; Dr. 
H. C. Simpson, of Dennison, Iowa, and Dr. C. E. Monney, of 
Hiawatha, Kans., have journeyed to South Africa in the service 
of the British government. 
“A College Without a Faculty.”—A Nashville cor¬ 
respondent informs us that the editorial in the November num¬ 
ber bearing the above title was absolutely true, and that we can 
now add to it that it is also a college without students, as but 
two young men have conceived the idea that they can obtain 
instruction without the aid of instructors. 
Dr. T. A. Geddes, Chief of the Miscellaneous Division of 
the Bureau of Animal Industry, has been detailed as a special in¬ 
spector and ordered to Great Britain to inspect cattle intended 
for importation into the United States. This foreign inspec¬ 
tion will enable importers to purchase stock subject to such in¬ 
spection, and will not require the tuberculin test upon arriving 
at quarantine in the United States. 
Rabies in Horses. —Dr. S. Stewart, Dean of the Kansas 
City Veterinary College, writes to the Review, under date of 
November 21, as follows : Within the last 20 days two cases of 
rabies in horses have been brought to the college hospital. 
Careful inquiry reveals that these horses were exposed to an at¬ 
tack of a dog which presented the classic symptoms of rabies 
prior to its destruction. 
The New York and Chicago horse shows were the scenes 
of the most enthusiastic rivalry between the contestants and of 
keen appreciation by the immense audiences. The visitors 
witnessed the finest equine specimens of the world and the en¬ 
thusiasm ran high. To look over the beautiful arena, animated 
by the flower of the American stud, was a privilege as great as 
the occasion was inspiring to the lover of the horse. 
“The Breeder’s Gazette” has recently been indulging 
in some rather harsh criticism of the veterinarian, excited by 
the .tuberculosis laws of Illinois which were passed at the last 
session of the legislature at the instigation of the profession of 
