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The fragile colt was born weak and crip- pled. His owner, “Doc” Key, was told by those who knew, “You got to put that young colt down. He’s not going to make it.”
each day, until he was finally able to walk. Soon, he began to show signs of exceptional intelligence and could do all the tricks Doc’s dog did.
board. He began outsmarting everyone who tested him, showing his fine sense of hu- mor and winning spelling bees with children. Doc Key then took his horse on the road with his traveling Keystone Lini- ment medicine show.
horse dubbed “Beautiful Jim Key.” This at a time when horses were considered beasts of burden, were often badly mistreated, and had no laws to protect them.
But Doc Key, a former slave, saw something in the young colt’s eyes. He got to work healing him with the nat- ural Keystone Liniment that he had invented.
Doc, a self-taught veterinar- ian, had an idea that was radi- cal at the time — that the best way to train a horse was with patience and kindness. And to prove the power of his meth- od, he decided to teach the al- phabet to this horse, whom he named Jim Key.
It wasn’t long before the duo broke through racial prejudice to become star performers at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. With President William McKinley in the front row, Jim Key would amaze skep- tics, flirt with a lady he would chose from the audience, and inspire children and adults with his improvised antics.
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The helpless young horse slept in Doc’s house, right next to him, getting a little stronger
It wasn’t long before his horse could spell words by placing the letters on a special
Beautiful Jim Key: A True Story
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This young colt could find apples hidden in cabinets and then cleverly close the doors before anyone knew the apple was gone.
Jim Key was a consummate performer. He pretended to faint when people begged to buy him, then was instantly cured by Doc’s remedy.
But Jim Key inspired 3 mil- lion children to sign a pledge of kindness to animals. Doc Key had seen something in his crippled colt all those years ago that no one else could see. And, more than that, he could imag- ine a world where kindness to animals would someday be- come the law of the land.
It is estimated that 10 mil- lion Americans over the course of his career came to see the
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