Matthew Scott #3

This looks to be Scott standing beneath Jumbo's chin, with him until the end. The next season 1886, the show imported an adult African elephant named "Alice" advertised as Jumbo's widow and Scott is listed in the Route Book as her attendant. In a later Route Book he was "Keeper of the dogs" but remained with the show at least until Barnum's death in 1891, especially since in storage there existed a large chest bequeathed to Scott with instructions that it not be opened until after Barnum's funeral. Scott could only assume it was filled with precious jewels. P. T. Barnum like most wealthy men, liked to boast about his achievements and had a book printed discribing his genius that was sold on the show and updated over the years. As a young man the title would be something like "The Art of Money Getting" but as he grew older and more genteel, it became "Struggles and Triumphs". You could imagine Scott's shock when he opened the chest and discovered it was filled with back issues of Barnum's book.