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tant could be applied which would have such effect while the 
horse was in action, and fail to affect him while standing at 
rest for inspection by the judges. 
Southern Veterinarians Honored. —At the annual 
convention of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 
held at Detroit, Mich., during the first week of September, Dr. 
Tait Butler, late Professor of Veterinary Science in the Mis¬ 
sissippi A. & M. College, and veterinarian to the agricultural 
experiment station of our neigboring State, was elected presi¬ 
dent of that national association for the ensuing year, and Dr. 
W. H. Dalrymple, M. R. C. V. S., of our own State University 
and experiment station, had the honor of second vice-president 
conferred upon him, which means that he represents the South 
in this important national veterinary society. This is the first 
time that the Southern States have received representation in 
this association, and Dr. Dalrymple the first member to be 
elected vice-president to represent them. Dr. Dalrymple has 
always been an enthusiastic devotee to the cause of veterinary 
science, and his able efforts in this direction are worthy of the 
honor bestowed on him. The treatment of our domestic and 
farm animals is developing day by day, and the people of the 
South are beginning to realize that the science which serves to 
prolong life and relieve suffering in the brute creation, on which 
we are so dependent, is scarcely of less importance than that 
which treats the ills of man. The exalted rank attained by 
representatives from southern institutions in these inter-state 
conventions of veterinarians is the most patent and manifest 
example of the high standard of efficiency which this science 
has gained in the South’s great State colleges and other institu¬ 
tions of learning.—( Truth , Baton Rouge , La. ) 
Veterinary Medical Register of the State of New 
Jersey. —Under authority of the Veterinary Medical Associa¬ 
tion of New Jersey, Dr. Wm. Herbert Uowe, of Paterson, has 
issued a little pamphlet bearing this title, which presents a 
copy of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Society, the law 
governing the practice of veterinary medicine in that State, and 
a complete list of every practitioner registered in the Clerk’s 
office of every county of New Jersey. The compilation of this 
list has been a large contract, as the author has endeavored to 
follow up the history of every man who placed his name upon 
the registry books. The information furnished includes the 
name of the practitioner; address when registered ; the college 
from which his diploma was obtained, if possessed ; the date of 
