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    The document discusses the origins and evolution of the Trick Donkey puzzle, which was created by Sam Loyd and inspired by an earlier puzzle involving dogs.

    The 1857 puzzle called the 'Dead Dog Puzzle' published in 'The Magician's Own Book' was the inspiration for Loyd's Trick Donkey puzzle. Both puzzles involved cutting an illustration into pieces and rearranging them.

    Loyd sold his Trick Donkey puzzle to P.T. Barnum, who marketed it as 'P.T. Barnum's Trick Mules.' Millions of cards were sold and Loyd reportedly earned $10,000 in just a few weeks.

    Sam Loydʼs Tricky Donkey

    Cut the drawing along the black lines and rearrange the three pieces so that each
    rider is saddled on their own donkeys. You cannot fold the pieces. The horses
    cannot overlap each other

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    Trick Donkey solution

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    Trick Donkey Puzzle
    One of Sam Loyd's most notable puzzles was the "Trick Donkeys". It was based on a similar
    puzzle involving dogs published in 1857. In the problem, the solver must cut the drawing along the
    dark lines and rearrange the three pieces so that the riders appear to be riding the donkeys. Loyd
    sold his puzzle to P. T. Barnum, who marketed it as "P. T. Barnum's Trick Mules." Millions of the
    cards were sold, and supposedly Loyd earned a fortune of$10,000 in just a few weeks.

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    Many different versions of the trick donkey have been introduced since the first puzzle. This add
    for screw fastened boots and shoes was based on the puzzle Loyd sold to P. T. Barnum's.

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    Many different versions of the trick donkey have been introduced since the first puzzle. It was a
    natural move to a horse and cowboy shown here.

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    Cracker Jacks Version of the Trick Pony

    This version from 1939 was included as a prize in boxes of Cracker Jacks (the popcorn, peanuts
    and molasses snack which included interesting prizes.) 

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    Can you mount the jockeys? 

    The Hotel Wellington in Albany, New York  handed out these cards during the the 1950s.

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    The Dead Dog Puzzle

    This 1857 puzzle was the inspiration for the trick pony puzzle. The Dead Dog Puzzle is from The
    Magician's Own Book or the Whole Art of Conjuring. Being a Complete Handbook of Parlor Magic,
    and containing over one thousand optical, chemical, mechanical and magical experiments,
    amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions,
    ingenious tricks with numbers, curious and entertaining puzzles, together with all the most noted
    tricks of modern performers. The whole illustrated with over 500 wood cuts, and intended as a
    source of amusement for one thousand and one evenings. By George Arnold and Frank Cahill. cf.
    Cushing, Anonymous. Publisher: New York, Dick & Fitzgerald. 1857, page 275. Free online at
    open openlibrary.org

     The original text said: "These dogs are, by placing four lines upon them, to be suddenly aroused
    to life and made to run. Query, How and where should these lines be placed, and what should be
    the forms of them?"

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    The Dead Dog Puzzle Solution
    The puzzle and solution are crude compared to the final version presented by Sam Loyd 40 years
    later but the basic idea is the same.

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