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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Madison Square Garden, shows the veterinarians clawing over 
a horse and makes clear the damage done to any entries that 
may be disqualified under such public examination. Two 
flagrant cases occurred at the recent show, one a saddle horse 
and the other a harness horse—although it should be recalled 
that the judge, not the veterinarians, was responsible for the 
public and pronounced disqualification of the saddle horse. 
Both horses had repeatedly been passed as sound by other vet¬ 
erinarians and had been often on the prize-list. The vetting of 
horses is not such an exact science that the property of exhibi¬ 
tors should be thus put in jeopardy. In the case of the harness 
horse shut out by the veterinarians, ringside opinion had him in 
the first flight, some “ rail-birds ” placing him at the head of 
the class. When he was unplaced explanation was found in the 
fact that the veterinarians had “ crabbed ” him on account of al¬ 
leged coarseness of hocks. This was the refinement of absurdity 
when other vets had passed him and he was going sound, es¬ 
pecially as the conditions call for a practically sound horse. The 
solution of the problem is a difficult one when the large classes 
of harness horses are considered and it is remembered that most 
of them are not stabled in the Garden but are driven to the 
show at the hour of exhibition, but means should be sought to 
put an end to arena vetting.—( Breeder's Gazette , Dec. 6 .) 
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