i want to extend thanks and admiration not only to our two combatants today, but to their sponsors, the dead rabbits . . and the native americans. their generous support allows me to bring you this splendid exhibition. with their indulgence i'd like to remind you also of the further wonders that await you at my new museum, located on broadway. p.t barnum's gallery of wonders from worlds natural and unnatural, from nature and from myth! and to encourage you also in the view that new albany ordinances forbidding sportive violence on land shouldn't dampen your enthusiasm for wagering. bets down, entlegen, and you gents. . fists up! the winner. gentlemen, please! . the winner in the 39th round is the dead rabbits champion, high water dobbs . please, gentlemen! just a moment, please, gentlemen! there's a word for us all. amsterdam promises . on which money, i hasten to add, may certainly be wagered. the names of the two champions are amsterdam vallon, here beside me, and . and mr. william poole, known to all as .