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the injection of aconite, though there is room for doubt as to 
whether it was a case of “post hoc” or “propter hoc.” There 
was no doubt as to the seat of the rale, it was well marked and 
plainly heard at the base of the neck and over the large bron- 
cliiae. In connection with this, I may mention that I use hypo¬ 
dermic injections of tinctures and fluid extracts constantly, do 
not dilute them, and have had no cases of abscess from their use. 
Camden, N. J., August 10th, 1880. 
Mr. Editor: 
Dear Sir: —During the last two months the newspapers and 
veterinary journals of the country, and particularly of New York 
and Philadelphia, have published various articles relating to the 
trotting horse “ Prospero.” 
Many of the articles have been misrepresentations of the facts, 
and as my name has been frecpiently mentioned in connection 
therewith, I deem it my duty to give the profession a true history, 
so far as I can, of Prospero’s case from the time I first saw him 
until he left my place for Brooklyn, New York. 
On Sunday, the 28th day of March, in company with Cooper 
B. Hatch of Camden, New Jersey, and Dr. George H. Bailey of 
Portland, Maine, I visited Mr. John E. Turner’s stables at Point 
Breeze Park, Philadelphia, Pa. While looking through and ex¬ 
amining the stock, we were shown into Prospero’s stall, and for 
the first time I saw the noted trotter. Mr. Turner removed the 
blanket and remarked that the horse did not seem to feel very 
well and thought perhaps that he might have taken a slight cold 
while coming from Brooklyn a few days before. He called our 
attention to the general appearance of the animal, saying as he 
did so that he would have been ashamed to have sent a horse from 
his stables to any one to handle looking as badly as this horse did. 
Dr. Bailey and Mr. Turner entered into a conversation con¬ 
cerning the horse, his previous performances and future prospects, 
