VARIETIES AND NEWS. 
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A VERY SMALL HORSE. 
By W. J. Coates, D. V. S., House Surgeon, American Veterinary College. 
On May the 7th, a sorrel mare, 8 years’ old, about 11 hands high, 
entered the Hospital of the American Veterinary College for a fracture 
of the ilium, at the neck of the bo'ne. She was placed in slings and kept 
quiet. Some two weeks afterwards, as one of the House Surgeons was 
making his visit before retiring, at midnight, he heard her struggling, 
and on being called by him, I found the little beast standing, with 
her slings all torn, and behind her, lying on the bed, a little filly, envel¬ 
oped in the placenta, with the head sticking out. The envelops being 
torn away, the little one was assisted to get up, and a few hours after¬ 
wards was found quietly and heartily sucking her mother. At a week 
old she was 24 inches high and weighed 38 pounds. Four weeks later, 
both went away from the Hospital in fine condition, the little mother, 
with her right hip slightly deformed, but anxiously looking for her little 
one, which was carried away by a man who took both away home. 
RABIES IN AUSTRALIA. 
Rabies has not hitherto been met with in Australia. The Sydney 
Morning Herald states that, during one of the hottest days of last week, 
however, a gentleman, who owned a valuable and hitherto quiet dog, 
observed symptoms of madness. The dog attempted to seize and spring 
upon a female domestic, who was only saved by the owner slamming the 
door against his entrance. Subsequently he tried to jump a fence and 
attack his master, but was unequal to the jump, the wall being too high. 
Having no doubt that it was a case of madness, the owner at once shot 
the animal. A case of similar nature was reported in a Victorian paper 
some time ago. Were these cases of rabies, or only diseases of the 
brain ?— Veterinary Journal. 
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ENZOOTIC AMONGST LAMBS. 
The magnificent flock of lambs at the Central Park has been losing 
many of its members by an enzootic of tenia expansa. One of them 
was brought lately to the American Veterinary College for treatment, 
but died almost immediately after its arrival. On post-mortem , the lungs 
were found healthy, with the trachea and bronchial tubes filled with 
