A MINT RARE GORGEOUS Victorian Trade Card for Professor D M Bristol Educated Equines (horses). Particularly rare Mule Card. 20,000 dollar mule Denver, the most intelligent animal on the face of the Earth. Made in 1888. Measures 4.75 x 3". No defects.Bristol brought with him 30 animals – 29 horses and a mule – all trained to perform without a bridle or whip. Little Denver, the lone mule in the show, served as the comedian, ringing a hand bell during the ‘horses at school’ skit and riding a swing after nudging the good professor off. Mattie was billed as the “great equine mathematic” and, who the News-Letter would later relate, “solved all kinds of examples last night and did it in a manner that brought the house down.” If the show wasn’t enough, one could buy a copy of Professor D.M. Bristol’s promotional booklet, “Equescurriculum,” which extolled, but did not explain, the training practices of the author. A more sizeable book called “Bristol’s Illustrated Horsemanship” could be purchased to explain the details. After each matinee, children were invited onstage to sit on the horses’ backs.
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