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Before leaving this part of my book, I wish to refer 

 my readers to the Hfe of Judge J. D. Goodpasture as 

 written and published by his sons, A. V. and W. H. 

 Goodpasture, containing also sketches of their visits 

 to Europe in search of stock, especially the jack and 

 jennet stock, which they imported eight different times 

 to this market, Nashville, Tenn. This book will be 

 found very interesting to all parties engaged in stock 

 raising and selling, as there is a great deal of infor- 

 mation to be had from reading it. Messrs. A. V. and 

 W. H. Goodpasture have a large book store on Church 

 Street, Nashville, where this book can be found. I 

 will also state that Judge Goodpasture and son had a 

 sale stable of jacks and jennets very near mine for 

 several years ; when they had a customer to whom they 

 did not sell, they would either bring or send him to 

 my stable to see my stock, and we did the same by 

 them, which made everything between us work very 

 pleasantly and harmoniously, although in the same line 

 of business. 



THE MULE. 



I have been for some time writing about the jacks 

 and jennets, of the different species of them that have 

 been imported from Europe, especially those that have 

 been brought from Spain, France and Italy. I think 

 that from the year 1885 to 1893 Tennessee imported 

 from those three above named countries and the 

 islands of the Mediterranean Sea. Durmg those eight 

 years about eight hundred to one thousand jacks and 

 jennets were landed in and around Nashville. I think 

 it can be truthfully stated that Tennessee imported 

 more jacks and jennets than all the other states in the 



