Beautiful Jim Key was a famous performing horse around the turn of the twentieth century. His promoters claimed that the horse could read and write, handle money, perform arithmetic for numbers below thirty, and recite Bible passages "where the horse is mentioned." His trainer, "Dr." William Key, was a former slave, a self-taught veterinarian, and a patent medicine salesman.
Beautiful Jim Key was a famous performing horse around the turn of the twentieth century. His promoters claimed that the horse could read and write, handle money, perform arithmetic for numbers below thirty, and recite Bible passages "where the horse is mentioned." His trainer, "Dr." William Key, was a former slave, a self-taught veterinarian, and a patent medicine salesman.
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