Polo has been developed in speed to a point where it is second only to ice hockey. It is one of the roughest sports and certainly the one requiring the most skill and training on the part of the player and his horse. As a consequence the sport has been limited in the past to those with the means to purchase well trained stock and able to devote sufficient time to practice. Collegiate team members playing on army or university mounts, and local teams of cowboys and farmers have played much polo, though of a lower class.

The veterinary students passed by room 107 in the quadrangle on Oct. 7 with bowed heads and earnest faces in respect for a man who had won their admiration and high regard. A few days before they had volunteered to donate their blood to prolong his life. The faculty felt the loss of one of their finest colleagues. Dr. Frank E. Walsh died at the University Hospital in Iowa City after an acute illness of 6 weeks. With the passing of Dr. Walsh much of the philosophy so necessary in the education of a practitioner will be missed from the classroom.

The pleasure or luxury horse is rapidly coming into the picture. With the coming of this city-kept and fed horse by owners who know very little about feeding and caring for horses, troubles are inevitable. Disturbances of nutritional origin will make their appearance and, in fact, have already made their appearance.