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mostly given out-of-doors, free to all, trusting to the 

 sale of my books for compensation. At this time W. 

 C. Coup's great show offered a counter-attraction; 

 nevertheless, I had sufficient reason to be vi^ell satis- 

 fied with my three weeks' work. 



TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY. — TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS. 



Proceeding on my tour, I arrived in Nashville, 

 Tenn., sick with malaria, notwithstanding which I 

 gave an exhibition — although I had to drag myself 

 upstairs by the banisters — for I was out of money 

 again and could not well cease from struggling. By 

 this exhibition, money enough was secured to carry 

 me to Chattanooga, where I was obliged to put up my 

 gold watch and chain (which I afterwards redeemed) 

 to pay the expenses of being sick. At Lexington, Ky., 

 I met many noted horsemen, among them such gen- 

 tlemen as General Withers, Colonel West, Messrs. 

 Robert Strader, Woodward, Brasfield, Smith and 

 Coons. At this place an Almont mare that had been 

 spoiled in handling, having become so vicious a kicker 

 as to be perfectly unmanageable, was put into my 

 hands by her owner. General Withers. Knowing the 

 credit I would receive by successfully handling this 

 animal, I proposed to give a public exhibition in the 

 square in the middle of the city. Thousands of people 

 had assembled; but just as I was about to commence, 

 I was notified by the authorities that, on account of the 

 immense crowd, it would be dangerous to give the 

 show in that place, and I removed to the circus lot, 

 the entire multitude following. I was to handle this 

 animal inside of an hour; on the expiration of forty-four 

 minutes I was driving tiie mare in a light wagon. My 

 name was on the tongue of almost every man after 

 that performance, and for seven months I was reaping 



