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Wlien the horse returned to the stable after a heat, and was 

 unchecked, the dog would walk up and climb uj) on his for- 

 ward legs, and kiss him, the horse always bending his head 

 down to receive his caress. In the stable, after work was 

 over, Jim and the horse would often frolic like two boys. 

 If the horse laid down, Jim would climb on his back, and in 

 that way soon learned to ride him, and whenever I led Rarus 

 out to show him to the public, Jim invariably knew what it 

 meant, and enhanced the value of the performance by the 

 manner in which he would get on the horse's back. On 

 these occasions, the horse was shown to halter, and Jimmy, 

 who had learned to distinghish such events from those in 

 which the sulky was used, would follow Barney and Rarus 

 out on the quarter stretch, and then, when the halt was 

 made in front of the grand stand, Barney would stoop down, 

 and, in a flash, Jimmy would jump on his back, run up his 

 shouldei', from there leap on the horse' s back, and there he 

 would stand, his head high in the air, and his tail out stiff 

 behind, barking furiously at the people. He seemed to 

 know that he was as much a part of the show as the horse, 

 and apparently took great delight in attracting attention to 

 himself. I had several temx)ting offers for Jim in the way 

 of cash, but such a thing as X3arting with him never entered 

 my mind. When Rarus was sold to Mr. Bonner, Jimmy 

 was not included in the bill of sale, but I felt that Rarus 

 belonged to Jimmy and Jimmy to Rarus. After they both 

 became the properly of Mr. Bonner, the affection of the dog 

 and the horse for each other never abated, and this was well 

 illustrated on one occasion. In Mr. Bonner's do^vn-town 

 stable was a bull terrier, a rather savage fellow, who had 

 the run of the place, and naturally wanted to be boss. 

 Jimmy, who was brave to a fault, attacked the bull terrier 

 one day, and the result was that he was soon knocked out. 

 When his yelps reached Rarus, whose stall was adjacent, 

 the old horse made a break for the center of the barn, and 

 had he not been restrained, would have made short work of 

 the bull dog. Mr. Bonner was much impressed with this 



