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physical appearance of, xiii–xiv, 8–9, 42, 94, 112, 180, 186
political opinions of, 98, 115–16, 137–38, 178, 196, 206, 269
proceeds from performances of, xiv, 131, 176–77, 260–61
professional debut of, 16, 93, 112–18
psychic abilities of, 95–96
religious instruction of, 85–86, 210–11, 247
sale of, 117–21, 260
sensitivity of, 119, 130
skepticism about feats of, xiv, xv, 60, 64, 87, 135–36, 145–46, 149, 168–70, 188–89, 213, 255
souvenirs of, xiv, 186, 191, 232, 264
spelling and reading of, 9–10, 63–64, 85, 87, 95, 98, 99, 113–15, 135–39, 142, 145, 163, 170, 176–77, 180, 186, 200, 213, 245
toothy grin of, 9, 16
WK’s raising and training of, xv, 37–47, 58, 59–64, 85–86, 87, 89, 93–99, 106, 113–18, 119, 137–40, 145–48, 155–57, 163–65, 167–71, 179–81, 187–89, 207–13
Beautiful Jim Key: How He Was Educated (Rogers), 15
“Beautiful Jim Key Two-Step, The” (Minoliti), 199
Beautiful Joe (Saunders), 162, 168
Bedford County Fair, 97–98
Bedford County Humane Society, 189
Belle Meade Plantation, 27–28, 54
Bell’s Handbook to Veterinary Homeopathy, 38, 236
Bergh, Henry, 88–89, 152, 153–55, 159, 160
Bernhardt, Sarah, 218, 235, 240, 243
B. F. Keith’s Amusements Enterprises, 126–27
Bible, 45, 61, 85–86, 103, 168, 210, 223, 247, 271
Billboard Magazine, 207
Black Beauty (Sewell), 127–28, 161, 168, 235, 271
Blue Bull, 33
Bonner the Great, 248
Bonnie Scotland, 28
Booth, John Wilkes, 80
Boston, Mass., 166–67, 196–204, 251
Boston Food Fair, 166–67, 187, 197, 199–201
Boston Globe, 167, 196, 200, 201
Boston Mechanics Fair, 212
Boston Traveler, 206
Bowery Boys, 154
Bragg, Braxton, 75, 78
Briggs, John S., 33
British Isles, 29–30, 153, 222
British Parliament, 24
Brooklyn Eagle, 87
Brownlow, William, 66–67, 72, 81
Bryan, William Jennings, 98, 116
Buchanan, Lillie, 247
Buchanan, T. C., 31
Buckner, Simon Bolivar, 69
Bunch, Gordon, 231, 242, 244
Busbey (horse whisperer), 46
Bushnell, Asa, 107, 108
California Mid-Winter Exposition of 1894, 109
Call Forth the Mighty Men (Womack), 59
Camille (Dumas) 243
Campbell, Cora, 268
Campbell family, 229–30, 269
Camp Trousdale, 65
Carson, Gerald, 125
Carter’s Little Liver Pills, 19
Caruso, Enrico, 235, 240
Cathcart, James A., 198
“Charge of the Light Brigade, The” (Tennyson), 187
Charles Kent Mare, 29–30
Charleston World’s Fair, 218
Chattanooga Times, 256
Chautauqua circuit, 218
Cherokee Indians, 34, 48
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, 108
Chicago Daily Journal, 238
Chicago Tribune, 5
Chicago World’s Fair, see World Columbian Exposition of 1893
Chickamauga, Battle of, 96, 146
Cincinnati, Ohio, 89–90, 107, 109, 122, 127, 128–30, 131, 146–50, 169, 240, 242–43, 246–48
Eighth Street District School in, 129
House of Refuge in, 130, 150
Odeon Theatre in, 129–30, 147–50
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, 149
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, 150
civil rights movement, 8, 203, 267, 268
Civil War, U.S., xiii, 27, 32, 51, 107, 153, 264, 265
battles and battlefields of, 45, 61, 73–75, 96, 112, 146
casualties of, 66, 70, 74, 80
colored regiments in, 75–76
death of horses in, 66
Lee’s surrender in, 80
political, moral, and economic issues of, 65, 66, 67–68
secession of states prior to, 57, 65, 66, 68, 80
Tennessee in, 65–80, 102
WK in, xiii, 65–80, 96, 117, 183
Clarke, W. T., 109–10
Cleveland, Grover, 98
Clever Hans, 220–22, 223, 224
Clover Bottom racetrack, 27
Cody, Buffalo Bill, 193
Cole, Bob, 205, 226
Collins College for Veterinary Surgery, 112, 190
Colored Masons, 84
Columbus Evening Dispatch, 245–46
Confederate Army, 73–75
firing on Fort Sumter by, 66
WK’s service in, 65, 68–80
Confederate States of America, 68–80, 105, 225
Confederate Veterans Association, 182
Congress, U.S., 252
Conley, Kevin, 37
Connelly, Frank, 157–58
Cook, Will Marion, 226
Cooper, Argentine Shofner, 266–67
Cooper, Hortense Hayes Powell, 267
Cooper, Jim, 267
Cooper, Prentice, 33, 265–67
Cooper, William Prentice, 266–67
Cotton States and International Exposition of 1895, 99, 101
Council, William H., 102–4
Coventry Bookshop, 264
Cushman, Pauline, 77–78, 81
Custer, George Armstrong, 7
Czolgosz, Leon, 195
Danbury Fair, 132
Dan Patch, xiii
Darley, Thomas, 30
Darwin, Charles, 171, 223
Davidson, Arabella, 83, 84
Davis, Essie Campbell, 229–30, 247, 258, 261, 268, 269
Davis, George, 84, 101
Davis, Harriette, 268
Davis, Jefferson, 66, 67, 105
Davis, Sam, 6, 172, 174–76, 178–79, 189–90, 192, 228, 229, 240, 242, 244, 247, 257–58, 261, 268
Davis, Stanley, 174–76, 178–79, 189–90, 204, 228, 230, 240, 242, 244, 259, 260–62, 269
BJK and, 6, 16–17, 112–13, 128, 134–36, 143, 156, 170, 172, 192, 258–60
veterinary education and practice of, 190, 204, 228, 247, 255–56, 258–60, 267–68, 270
Democratic Party, 45, 57, 98, 115, 116, 178, 196, 267, 269
Dewey, George, 188
“Dialogue Between Man and Horse” (Offutt), 46–47
Dick (pony), 211
Dickens, Charles, 152
Disney, Elias, 215
Disney, Walt, 215–16
Disney theme parks, 215–16
“Dixie,” 225
Dobbin, Anthony, 30
Douglass, Frederick, 55
Dr. William Key: The Man Who Educated a Horse (Lee), 268
Du Bois, W. E. B., 204, 205
Dudley, Richard Houston, 49, 71, 82, 183
Dumbo, 216
Dunbar, Paul Laurance, 226
Ectes, 23
Eighteenth Tennessee Infantry Regiment, Company F (Festerville Guards), 65, 69, 71
Eliot, Charles, 167, 200–201, 256
Emancipation Proclamation, 75
Emmett, Dan, 225
Empire State, 159–60
English Derby, 27
English Thoroughbreds, 22, 29–30
evolutionary theory, 11, 171, 223
Export Expositions, 169–70, 185–86, 187–88
Field’s Stables, xiii–xiv, 87, 121–22, 126, 163, 173
First Annual Pure Food Drug and Confectionary Exposition, 248
Fisk University, 109, 111, 113
Floris, Agnetta, 242–43
Florizel, 132
Floyd, John Buchanan, 69
Ford, Henry, 152
Forepaugh, Adam, Jr., 198
Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 71–72, 73
, 74, 76, 117
Fort Bill, 71, 183
Fort Donelson, Battle of, 69–72
Fort Henry, 69
Fort Sumter, assault on, 66
Foster, Samuel, 81
Fourth Illinois Cavalry, 74
Fourth Ohio Cavalry, 72
Francis, David, 2, 218, 230
Franklin, Benjamin, 166
Freedman’s Bureau, 84
Free Negro Schools, 50
Fynes, J. L., 126–27
General Electric, 215
Gentry, J. W., 198
George T. Angell, 253
George T. Angell School, 253
German Coach Horses, 250
Germany, 220–22, 223
Gilbert, William, 132–33
Glencoe, 27
Glenmere, 90, 125–26, 134–40, 141, 144–45, 156, 211, 247, 248, 251, 255, 260
Glover, Thomas, 270–71
Gorton, Samuel, 89
Gortonites, 89
Grand Ole Opry, 184
Grant, Nellie, 10
Grant, Ulysses S., 69–70, 74, 80, 81
Great and Only Bostock, 172
Great Dublin Army Band, 3
Great Train Robbery, The, 235
Greeks, ancient, 28–29
Green, Robert, 27, 28
Greensboro Evening Telegram, 177
Greensboro Record, 177
Griffin, Will, 142–43, 147–48, 169, 170
grooms, 6, 35, 41, 170, 258
Gulick, R. M., 157
Gumm, John, 73
Hambletonian (10), 30, 32, 33
Hamlet (Shakespeare), 216–17
Hardee, William Joseph, 72
Harper’s Weekly, 72
Harriman, E. H., 195
Harris, Earnest K., 265–66
Harris, Marie Davis, 267–68
Harris, Sidney, 268
Harrison, Benjamin, 45
Harvard University, 82, 88, 167, 187, 200, 204, 213, 256
Law School of, 267
Porcellian Club of, 6
Hathaway, Charles, 140
Haynes, John, 158
Hearst, William Randolph, 87
“He Was Taught by Kindness” (Rogers), 58, 87, 127
Hight, W. G., 31
Hill, Richard, 111–12
Hoffman, David, 264, 269–70, 271
Hoffman, Jeannie, 269
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 162
Hoover’s Gap, Battle of, 78
horse racing, 26, 54
harness, 28–32, 159–60, 190, 192
horses:
American Saddle bred, 190
Arabian, 18, 22–26, 29–30, 36, 113, 136, 149, 156, 175, 218, 221
breeding of, 26–34
Canadian Pacers, 190
cavalry, 19, 222
coach, 250
domestication and human service of, 10–11
draft, 55
exercising of, 26, 39
gaits of, 28–29, 30, 94, 97, 190–91
Hambletonian line of, 1, 29–33, 36, 113, 136, 146, 149, 156, 160, 175, 190, 192, 218, 221, 270
herd instincts of, 37, 39
illness and injury of, 18–19, 25–26, 29
intelligence of, xiv, xv, 15, 25–26
kind treatment of, 25, 87, 89
mistreatment of, 22, 24–25, 88, 125
Morgan, 190
Narragansett, 190
population of, 10, 166
race, 27–33, 38, 220
Standardbred, 28–31
streetcar, 88, 125
Thoroughbred, 22, 28, 29–30, 55, 190
wild, 19, 56
see also Tennessee Walking Horse; specific horses
Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful, 248
horse whisperers, xiii, 7, 34, 46–47, 49, 156
House of Representatives, U.S., 107
Howard University, 43, 85, 93
humane movement, xiii, 47, 64, 82, 87–88, 89, 91–92, 130, 152–54, 157–62, 171, 179–86, 197, 236–37, 242–43, 250, 252, 264
Humane Society of Detroit, 224
Hunter, Jim, 36
hypnosis, 222, 255
Indian medicine shows, 19
industrial revolution, 151–52
International Peace Conference, 219
Iroquois, 27
Islam, 22, 23
Ivanhoe, 159–60
Jack Daniel’s bourbon, 20
Jackson, Andrew, 27
Jackson, J. G., 250
Jefferson, Thomas, 214
Jim Key Band of Mercy, 198–99, 211, 235, 238, 239, 242, 248, 251, 252
Jim Key Farm, 261
Jim Key Memorial Fund, 268–69
jockeys, 27, 28, 54
Johnson, James Weldon, 226
Johnson, J. Rosamund, 226
Johnson, Thomas, Jr., 268, 270–71
Johnson, Thomas, Sr., 268
Jones, Sam P., 181–82, 184
“Jump Jim Crow,” 225
Kansas City Convention Hall, 243–44
Keller, Helen, 233
Kentucky, 26, 27, 33, 69, 70, 89, 146
Kentucky Girl, 33
Kentucky Volunteer, 33, 146
Key, Alexander, 53, 56, 82 in Confederate Army, 65, 68–69, 71–74, 76, 77, 80
Key, Captain John, 47–48
Key, Caroline, 48, 53, 56, 83
Key, David, 81–82
Key, Hattie Davidson, 84, 269
Key, Jack, 48, 53, 56, 83
Key, John W., 47–54, 55–56, 65, 68, 72, 74, 82, 83, 183
Key, Lucinda Davis, 16, 18, 41, 84–85, 106, 174
BJK and, 40, 44–45, 85, 97, 99, 100
illness and death of, 16, 100–101
medical degree and practice of, 43, 85, 93, 97
Key, Lucy Davidson, 83, 84, 269
Key, Maggie Davis, 16, 100, 174, 190, 204, 228–30, 235, 247, 249, 255–58, 260, 261
education of, 104, 174, 190, 204
Key, Margaret C. Graham, 48–49, 52, 53, 56, 75–76
Key, Martha Minter, 49, 50, 53, 54, 72
WK’s aid of, 82, 183
Key, Merit, 53, 56, 82
in Confederate Army, 65, 68–69, 71–74, 76, 80
Key, Nancy, see McClain, Nancy Key
Key, Strother, 48–49, 52, 53
Key, William, xiii, xv, 7–9, 15–47
animal affinity and talents of, 38–39, 49, 52, 54, 56, 118, 119, 167
birth of, 47
business interests of, 19–20, 29, 31–32, 43, 60–63, 83, 167
character and personality of, 18–20, 32, 38–39, 54, 56, 68–69, 82, 183
childlessness of, 43, 83
Civil War experiences of, xiii, 65–80, 96, 117, 183
early life of, 46, 47–58
education of, 49–50, 56
fame of, xiii, 167, 225, 227
fugitive slaves assisted by, 54–55, 69, 72
as horse whisperer, xiii, 34, 46–47, 49, 133, 156
illness and death of, 235, 249–50, 256–58
kindness as training principle of, xv, xvi, 25, 58, 87, 89, 97, 106, 113, 116, 120, 129, 133, 150, 155, 180, 186, 209–10, 227
marriages of, 16, 18, 43, 83, 84–85, 228, 269
partnership of Albert Rogers and, 117–23, 126–37, 140–47, 150–51, 156–59, 162–65, 167–79, 191–98, 202, 206–12, 218–20, 223–24, 231–55, 261
physical appearance of, 7
poker playing of, 18, 21, 22, 77, 82, 83–84, 259
racial background and parentage of, 7, 18, 34, 47–48
racism experienced by, 20, 21, 99
raising and training of
BJK by, xv, 37–47, 58, 59–64, 85–87, 89, 93–99, 106, 113–19, 137–40, 145–48, 155–57, 163–65, 167–71, 179–81, 187–89, 207–13
real estate holdings of, 82–83, 117, 204, 261, 270
sale of BJK by, 117–21, 260
self-taught veterinary and medical practice of, xiii, 18–19, 25, 34–35, 38, 43, 54, 55, 135, 168, 190, 204, 259, 270
slavery of,
xiii, 32, 47–58, 64–65, 270
speaking voice of, 7, 52
survival skills of, 48, 70–72, 73, 77
veterinary hospital operated by, 19, 83
wealth of, 20, 97, 119, 173, 203, 204, 205, 259
Keystone, 31–32
Keystone Driving Park, 29–32, 204, 270
Keystone Linament, 19, 20, 25, 27, 35, 38, 42, 61–62, 93, 223, 259, 271
Kickapoo Joy Juice, 19
Kirkland, J. K., 181
Krall, Karl, 255
Ku Klux Klan, 21, 80
Lauretta Queen of Horses, 15, 96, 146
Arabian lineage of, 18, 22–26, 30, 40, 113
breeding of, 26–34
decline and death of, 35, 38, 40
foaling of, 34–35
mistreatment and neglect of, 22, 24–25
theft of, 24, 30
WK’s rehabilitation and training of, 25–26, 35
Lee, Essie Mott, 268–69
Lee, Robert E., 80
Leviathan, 27
Lewinthal, Isadore, 181
Lewis, Eugene Castner, 101–2
Lexington, 28
Lincoln, Abraham, 21, 45, 66, 105
assassination of, 80
emancipation of slaves by, 65, 67, 68, 75, 80
Loguen, Jermaine, 54
Long, C. C., 129
Longellow, Henry Wadsworth, 162
Longworth, Nicholas, 1–3, 6, 10
“Louisiana,” 2
Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904, 1–10, 214–19, 226–34