OBITUARY. 
135 
Minnesota has already learned. There are many other States 
that probably would take this matter up, but they cannot secure 
the support of their legislators and it is only hoped that Minne¬ 
sota will give us more of an example in the future and that she 
will not be cramped for funds, but can vigorously show us what 
can be done in the way of quarantine and the eradication of 
contagious diseases. 
Every State veterinarian in other States of the Union should 
be part of the State Board of Health, and should work in his 
respective State to secure that kind of legislation that will 
enable him to be a part of the State Board of Health and that 
will secure in the near future uniform laws in this direction. I 
only hope that it may be possible to secure laws in the direction 
of quarantine and investigation of imported stock, all to be 
uniform throughout the Union, and I believe that by the State 
boards having a veterinarian connected with them that it can 
very easily be perfected. I hope that the State of Nebraska, 
which is following up the laws of the State of Minnesota, will 
succeed in its law that is now’ before this Legislature, and that 
it will be as successful as that State in eradicating disease from 
its borders. Very truly yours, 
A. T. Peters, D. V. M. 
OBITUARY. 
Richard Kay, M. D., D. V. S.—On Sunday evening, April 2, 
at his residence, 371 West 3,5th Street, New York City, this 
well-known and esteemed veterinarian died from heart-failure, 
induced by gastro-enteritis following an attack of the grip. The 
deceased was born in England about fifty-five years ago, where 
he learned the trade of cabinet-making, but on emigrating to 
America engaged in the cattle business. Dr. W. D. Critcherson, 
of New York, who w 7 as an intimate friend of Dr. Kay for many 
years, informs us that through frequent exchange of confidences 
he learned the following facts in reference to his history prior to 
entering a veterinary college : He landed at Portland, Maine, 
and went from there to Bloomington, Illinois, where he met by 
chance a representative of the Japanese government, wdio w r as 
purchasing sheep for shipment to Japan. He accompanied him 
to San Francisco and thence to Yokohama, wdiere he remained 
for four years in the employ of the government. Returning to 
America in 1880 he went to his brother’s ranch in Washington 
Territory. The next year he entered the American Veterinary 
