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as I was at that time are the real small towns of 

 a few hundred population. 



One thing which I learned in the south and 

 southwest was that one could do almost any oper- 

 ation or give almost any treatment to a horse 

 without spending much time in tying them up or 

 throwing them. With a good twitch on the nose 

 I have performed in the standing position, oper- 

 ations which, on the vigorous horses of the north, 

 I would never attempt. The horses in the south 

 did not have the nerve that our northern horses 

 have. 



My first stop south of Wichita Falls was a new 

 town named Monday. It was a nice little place 

 on the new railroad and should be quite a place by 

 this time. The day after I arrived there was the 

 monthly stock and cattle market, a regular 

 jockey day. Or rather, this came on Monday; I 

 arrived Saturday evening. 



As soon as I got off the train I looked around 

 for a livery stable. I had not walked very far 

 when I noticed a bill stuck up on a telegraph post 

 stating that two veterinarians, whose names I do 

 not remember, would be on hand Monday to treat 

 all diseases of horses in a scientific manner, etc., 

 etc. I walked another block or so to the livery 

 stable, and there I saw another card tacked up. 

 Dr. So and So would also be there Monday to do 

 some scientific treating. 



Counting myself, this made four of us; all, I 

 presume, ready to cut prices and each other's 

 throats, if necessary. I did not care much about 

 staying there after seeing those signs. I sup- 



