American Yeterinary Review, 
OCTOBER, 1885. 
EDITORIAL 
“AMERICAN VETERINARY REVIEW” PRIZE. 
After listening to the usual report of the Committee on 
Prizes at the last meeting of the United States Yeterinary Medi¬ 
cal Association—“ no paper; no prize ; no report ”—the editor 
of the Review addressed the meeting in a strain which proved 
very interesting to his audience, and will, no doubt, lead to 
results not a little interesting in the future to some certain 
parties at present unknown. 
The speaker announced his intention to add to the prize 
already established by the association, another, to consist of a 
gold medal of the value of fifty dollars, for the ablest essay or 
paper on any subject connected with veterinary medicine, and 
that at the next annual meeting the members will be invited to 
determine by ballot the authorship of the successful paper. The 
vote will not, in any respect, be one of personal preference, the 
authorship continuing unknown until after the decision has been 
reached. Each essay will he sent to the editor and published in 
the Review ; will he identified hy a motto selected hy the author , 
and the author’s name will he inscribed on a card which is to he 
enclosed in a sealed envelope , on the outside of which the motto will 
appear in duplicate , the name thus waiting to he revealed until the 
irrevocable decision has been reached. 
