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cations. When we get ‘ stuck ’ on a case we search the Review 
and always find some article that gives us some light, if not the 
information wanted.’’— Smith and Scripture , D. V. S., Frank¬ 
fort, Indiana. 
IT is announced that the first number of The Veterinarian 
and Farrier of Australasia will appear on October 15. It is to 
be a monthly journal for veterinarians, horse and cattle breeders 
and farriers, and in a letter from the publishers, H. Greatorex & 
Co., 17 Butchers’ Lane, Melbourne, Australia, the objects and 
character of the magazine are stated of follows : “ It will be our 
endeavor to maintain as high a pitch of literary and practical 
excellence as possible, and with the federation of our different 
provinces the journal has an influential career in front of it.” 
John G. SEEE, D. V. S., late veterinary surgeon to Seventh 
Army Corps, stationed at Havana, Cuba, has returned to the 
United States, and is awaiting assignment to duty by the 
Bureau of Animal Industry, he having been in charge of the 
Brighton Abattoir when he volunteered his services to the Wai 
Department. Dr. Slee had some peculiar and interesting veter¬ 
inary experiences while with the army, both in garrison and 
field, and he has promised to favor the readers of the Review 
with their details. 
“ The Automobile Gazette,” formerly the New York 
Herald , chronicles every turn of the wheel of this new and un¬ 
satisfactory horseless carriage, incidentally giving a thrust at the 
horse whenever opportunity offers, being too thick to foresee 
that the soliped will continue to enjoy the love of man, and be 
his faithful servant, when his maligner is gone and forgotten. 
It is difficult to understand why American horsemen continue 
to put dollars into the pockets of its alien publisher which he 
uses to sport about the French capital in his pet vehicle. 
Peculiar Sickness of a Trainload of Horses.—A 
trainload of 560 horses, which Powell Brothers were bringing 
from North Yakima, Wash., to South Omaha, was unloaded at 
Billings, Mont., for water and feed. They had been given no 
water since leaving Spokane, thirty hours previous. They were 
at once fed hay and water was run into the troughs. Soon after 
feeding and drinking the horses began to go into spasms and 
many died. Twenty-hours later about half were dead, and it 
was feared that all would die. It was noticed that the horses 
were scouring when they came in, but no one could offer an ex¬ 
planation of the cause of the deaths. The stomachs of several 
have been saved for analysis.—( Breeders' Gazette.) 
