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however, bearing upon the subject of their caption ; their chief import 
being attacks on the Veterinary College at Toronto, misrepresentations 
respecting a conversation between Mr. Coleman and their writer, 
assaults on Mr. Stalker and Mr. Duncan, and puffs of a rival institu¬ 
tion. 
You will, I trust, pardon me if I say that it seems to me you should 
hardly permit the use of your columns for such purposes, no matter 
how fanciful the title under which they may be placed. Mr. Duncan 
MacNabb MacEachran, must be exceedingly jealous of the Ontario 
Veterinary College, or he would not assail it so frequently. That he 
may think he has sufficient cause in the annually increasing number of 
the students ; the reputation it has obtained, both in the States and in 
Canada, for the thoroughness of its instruction ; and the success of its 
graduates, wherever located ; may not admit of dispute. 
I have no intention of replying in the spirit which seems to have 
actuated the writer of these communications, believing that correspond¬ 
ence of that nature reflects no credit upon the authors and is injurious 
to any institutions with which they may happen to be connected. 
Advertisements under the guise of articles on veterinary education may 
do for the latitude of Montreal, but in Toronto they are not required. 
Nearly sixty students are attending the Ontario College during the 
present session, which is probably a greater number than can be found 
at any similar institution in America. 
This fact, and the general favor with which its graduates have been 
received in the American Union and in all parts of this Dominion, are 
of themselves, sufficient proof that the efforts of its professors and the 
skill of its graduates are duly appreciated. 
It is by no means gratifying to me that Mr. Coleman and Mr. 
Stalker have proved Mr. McEachran to have been guilty of misrepre¬ 
sentation, however much his conduct towards them merited the casti¬ 
gation ; but, it would have been more pleasing if the offence had not 
been committed. I confess to a weakness, which causes me to entertain 
a certain amount of esprit de corps , under whose influence I would much 
rather depend than offend a professional brother, wherever I could 
honorably and consistently do so. 
There is ample room in Canada for both the Montreal and Ontario 
Veterinary Colleges. If the former be not so well patronized at present 
as the latter, all it has got to do, to receive greater favor, is to fol¬ 
low the latter’s example, and impart to its students not only a 
theoretical but a thoroughly practical education. Then, and then 
