Of course we'll trick the bit where you hit the saddle; the camera'll look out for that." One detail only troubled Merton.

After doing the leap from the high window, and before doing its finish where he reached the saddle, Baird directed certain changes in his costume.

He was again to don the false mustache, to put his hat on, and also a heavy jacket lined with sheep's wool worn by one of the cowboys in the dance-hall.

Merton was pleased to believe he had caught the manager napping here.

"But Mr.Baird, if I leap from the window without the hat or mustache or jacket and land on my horse in them, wouldn't it look as if I had put them on as I was falling ?" Baird was instantly overcome with confusion.