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of England, and even then, in face of my diploma—which clearly 
states that I was examined by their Examining Board—this gen¬ 
tleman would not do me justice. I even asked him to refer it to 
some other V.S. But no ! he was infallible, according to his 
own ideas. His very correspondence with me then contained 
misstatements as to their dates, particulars, etc. I do not mean 
to doubt the gentleman’s honesty, but certainly, to put it in its 
mildest form, it was very unreasonable and suspicious on his part. 
Now, sir, for the sake of graduates who may again be submitted 
to such criticism, and from such a public source, I give his state¬ 
ment relative to the nature of my qualifications a flat, emphatic 
contradiction, and assert distinctly that I am a M.R.C.V.S. of 
England, by examination of their Board of Examiners. I do not 
mean to infer that tlmse gentlemen who did obtain their 
M.R.C.V.S. since 1880, and by purchase, may not be better 
veterinarians than I am ; but a public statement that is incorrect 
requires a public denial, and as the Turf, Field and Farm re¬ 
fused to undo the mischief they did me, more particularly in this 
city, where I have just purchased a large and pecuniary practice, 
I am compelled to resort to your paper to right myself. If the 
Register of the R. C. V. S. for the past eight years (since I 
graduated), and containing all their graduates’ names since that 
institution commenced (which I also forwarded to the Turf, Field 
and Fami), is not sufficient evidence as to my qualifications, I am 
willing to forward them to you, sir, or any graduate or graduates 
who will do me the justice of an unbiassed perusal. 
I am sure I will be pardoned when I state that persons, more 
particularly those who hold the position of a public editor, and of 
a sporting paper, ought to be very careful of making rash state¬ 
ments, more particularly when such statements may do incalcula¬ 
ble injury; and if such inquiries as those made about me are 
made upon subjects which they are ignorant of, their egotistical 
knowledge could be dropped for the time being, to be again as¬ 
sumed when reference had been made to some better informed 
person. I have not the power of preventing inquiries being made 
in any paper relative to my degrees, but I maintain that no jour¬ 
nal has authority or liberty to misrepresent me in any way, with- 
