this time in Forth Worth, Short did one of his amazing acts of marksmanship. While dining in a restaurant, the waiter handed him a glass of milk that had a small fly on the surface. Short calmly threw his milk in the air, jerked his gun out, and shot the fly. Sporting pursuits Bat Masterson was a boxing enthusiast and tried to interest Short in the sport. At first, Short was indifferent, but by June28, 1885, he found himself acting as the "third man in the ring" when he was called upon to referee a match fought near Weatherford, Texas, between the 6-foot-2-inch "Kid Bridges" and the 5-foot-8-inch "St. Joe Kid". The decision of referee Short was that the "St. Joe Kid" won on a foul. Jake Johnson was responsible for making horse racing a major part of Short's sporting agenda. Johnson and two partners opened the Fort Worth Driving Park in January 1885. Short bought his own race horse named Tobe, along with some jockey silks for himself, and drove his two-wheeled sulky in a race held on November13, 1886. Short and Tobe came in last in a field of five. Selling his interest in the White Elephant In 1887, Short's younger brother, Henry Jenkins Short, killed a man named Charles T. Schuyler at San Angelo, Texas, on January23. San Angelo, 200miles southwest of Fort Worth, was the town where Short's parents and other family members lived. Initial reports indicated that Schuyler was shot twice, the bullets entering his back and coming out at the front, either one of which would have been fatal. Henry Short fled to Fort Worth, before he could be arrested, to enlist the aid and funds that his brother Luke could provide for his defense. Luke and Henry returned to San Angelo on January29, and Henry voluntarily surrendered to the sheriff and gave bond for his appearance in the district court. The money that would be needed to defend Henry Short would have to be provided by Luke, who had already put up the money for Henry's bond. In addition, Luke had at the time some unrelated but very expensive legal problems of his own looming in the Dallas court. The amount that would be needed to handle all of these legal issues was more than Luke had on hand. To raise the needed funds, Johnson agreed to purchase Luke Short's one-third interest in