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EDITORIAL. 
In the hope that the association would kindly accept the 
offer, the Review would suggest, also, that the competition be not 
restricted to members of the association, but be extended to 
every member of the profession, in and out of the association, 
subscriber or non-subscriber of the Review. 
It is with gratified pride that we call the attention of our 
readers to the kindness of the association in promptly accepting 
our offer. Let it be understood—and we wish that our motives 
may be truly appreciated—that in taking this step we have no 
other intention than to encourage our younger members of the 
profession, and to stimulate their energy and develop their 
resources in a field of labor perhaps too little cultivated by them, 
wdiile, at the same time, we offer them an opportunity to win a 
prize whose value will not be lessened or ignored when it will be 
remembered that it is not a gift from a party of partial friends, 
but the reward and result of patient and successful labor in their 
chosen calling, adjudged to have been fairly won by the suffrages 
of a body of men who represent a majority of the approved and 
established veterinary practitioners of the country. 
THE UNITED STATES VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The twenty-third anniversary meeting of this body of veter¬ 
inarians was held at the American Veterinary College building, 
pursuant to notice given in our last issue. Whether it was a 
great success may be a question difficult to answer. It is true 
the attendance was quite large; that a number of delegates from 
various State societies were present ; that a good many new 
members were admitted ; and that a very harmonious and friendly 
feeling prevailed throughout the day and until late in the even¬ 
ing. But after all this has been said this meeting, held on the 
15th of September, 1885, was just like preceding meetings. A 
great deal of valuable time was spent in comparatively unim¬ 
portant discussions and trivial items of business, and there was a 
want of reports from the various committees, which must be 
charged to a lack of interest, or to the neglect in the perform¬ 
ance of the duties of those who had charge of them. Some 
