In "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," how do the stories about Jim Smiley's horse and dog affect the development of the story about the jumping frog?

The stories about Jim Smiley's horse and dog affect the development of the story about the jumping frog as when a stranger bets him 40$ that his frog can not jump and considered as all the normal frogs. That stranger filled frog with bucket shot and therefore it was unable to jump.

Explanation:

It is an amusing story of Jim and his trained frog. He trained his frog and arranged several bet schemes. One day as Jim turned around, a stranger filled his frog with bucket shot, making him loose the bet.