dawson's wife was an interesting figure. her name was emma, and she was in show business. and her first show business deal was she hooked up with this guy named jim molson, who was a runner? he was a guy who ran races for a living. and that was really popular in the 1870s because a, it was easy to set up the you could bet on it. and three, it was easy to fix. so he would race and sometimes he couldn't find anybody to race, so she would put tights, which was very risque at the time and give it get a 25 yard head start and race this guy. and so she would even win. and she also became a vaudeville performer where, you know, the indian clubs that look like bowling pins there was that was a real swinging those around over your head and juggling them was a big popular fad in the 1870s. and she became known as the queen of clubs because she was really good at this. well, she runs into bat masterson in denver, where he's running vaudeville theater, and they hit it off and eventually get married and she was so simpatico with that. masterson, who is a tremendous boxing fan, that she