TESTIMONY. 22f 



das8 a description of the temperament of the horse as 

 shown by the shape of its head, and said that before 

 he commenced the regular work he would show the 

 class what a vicious brute this horse is. He put on his 

 safety rope and the lines and drove the animal a few 

 times around the ring. He then had an assistant hang 

 a bunch of tin pans to the crupper, for the purpose of 

 stirring the animal's resistance. When he started the 

 horse it didn't do a thing but make a half-circle around 

 the ring and bolt for the door of the tent, which was 

 closed, and he went clear through it. Just as he went 

 through the door the Professor threw him down and 

 as the horse regained his feet he was thrown again, 

 landing on his back. In the fall Prof. Beery was en- 

 tangled in the guy ropes of his tent, and as the horse 

 came to his feet the trainer was obliged to let go, and 

 a second later the people along Broad street were treat- 

 ed to the sight of a streak of horseflesh going by ^vith 

 two strings of tin pans tied to his tail, and every jump 

 the horse made he kicked the pans up in the neighbor- 

 hood of the trolley wire. Prof. Beery followed the run- 

 away, which was caught in front of E3Tiian's drug 

 store, corner Main and Columbus streets. No damage 

 was done outside of breaking a mail box at the cor- 

 ner of Mulberr}' and Broad streets. 



When the audience saw the horse and his trainer 

 shoot out of the tent Jike a ball out of a cannon the 

 first thought was that the performance was at an end, 

 but those who had been regular attendants and knew 

 s-vmething of the indomitable grit of Prof. Beery, knew 



