Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 August 1905 — A Horse That Earns a Thousand Dollars a Day [ARTICLE]

A Horse That Earns a Thousand Dollars a Day

In Rensselaer you can hire n good horse for a dollar And a half a day. The man who earns fifty dollars a week is considered 1 uoky nowadays, but there isa celebrated horse who earos, not, wins, five hundred to a thousand dollars a day nearly every day in the year. At the Sr. Lonis Exposition, among the manv applications for spaoe on the Pike was one from a Mr- Rogers of New York, who wanted space to exhibit an educated horse- The management was inc'ined to turn him down, for they wanted only such attractions as would bnng in a b’g re venae. Mr. Rogers said: "I will guarantee you at least $4,000 per week gross receipts.” That meant that the exporition would reoeive sl, 000 per week percentage. His guarantee was good and the exposition let him iu The resul; was that this marvelous money earner became the fea*ureof the famous Pike. It was found that at the final settlement Beatiful Jim K u y, who is known as the most wounderfal educated horse iu the world, was not only the most popular attraction, but had made the most money on the Pike This summer he is a big feature in Chicago’s new million-dollar amusement park, White City. It is his first appearance in Cbioago and he ia a sure winner. Jim Key cm read, write and spell and even uses a Nat : onal ca»h register He is not a trick horee such as is often seen on vaudeville stages, Observers oan haidly believe their own eyes when they see him the most intelligedt animal in the world, perform: aud. best of all, he was teog'ri by kindness. So highly is Beautiful Jim Key thongbt of by the American Humane Association that they eleoted him their equine honorary member. Hia exhibitions are simply maivelons.