Thanks to a foreign archive, I was given limited, private access to a few rare/previously lost cartoons. Besides a Dinky Doodle, and an early Terrytoon missing from CBS' TV Package, were two Krazy Kats, one from 1926 by Bill Nolan, and one from 1927 seemingly outsourced to John Terry (who did such according to Larry Silverman). I'm not sure if I'd be held liable if I shared any images, but when I know if I can, I will.
The first one I watched was 1927's HIRE A HALL, by John Terry. It was AWFUL. The first three and a half minutes are dedicated to Krazy Kat practicing giving a speech in an empty second floor apartment, to an audience of props. He occasionally sips water from a can (Only one intertitle, at the beginning of him practicing, translating roughly to "Ladies and Gents, I hereby present Krazy Kat, nicknamed "The Boob"). Meanwhile on the floor above, two kitties play with bananas, taking the bananas off the peels, using the peels to slide down a plank held up by a chair so it can be used as a slide. On two occasions, they pour banana oil and applesauce into Krazy's water can via a hole in the floor. He then takes a sip and seems to find it more tasty. Besides this, both parts have nothing to do with each other and most of the footage is boring, of Krazy giving this silent speech to no one, while nothing remarkable happens.
After this, we focus on action outside the apartment of Walter the Ostrich
(Herriman character) and a Horse wearing a cloth at a shoe shop (selling just Horse Shoes). He does something to piss off Walter, who kicks his butt to the point of leaving a mark in his cloth. People in the apartment watch and laugh from their windows. After one more scene of Krazy giving his speech, the horse drinks some water outside. Krazy sees this and laughs at the buttmark. The horse gets mad and throws his horseshoes at Krazy, missing him. One of these hits Walter, who doesn't believe in bad luck, walking under a randomly placed ladder near a tree. He goes to the apartment to chase down the Horse, Krazy jumps out the window to join him. They hit him with an egg, and then the horse hides inside a giant stack of hay. The last 20 seconds are a bit splicy, but it seems that the horse escapes without them seeing, and they spent the rest of the day and night waiting for him to come out. I seriously wonder why anyone may of thought all the speech action was entertaining
The one I saw by Bill Nolan, SHORE ENOUGH, is much more entertaining and even better animated, but is hindered by really bad racism. Its mostly a chase around a segregated beach/boardwalk between Krazy (seemingly portrayed as African American) and a stereotyped African American, who Krazy scammed as a hot dog vendor. Highlights are at a mirror maze, a trick house, and a gag involving chasing each other inside the sand. The big problem is how it ends; Krazy tricks the man into sticking his head through an African Dodger game, tying his neck into a knot to trap him there, and throwing baseballs at him, Iris out. I'd probably enjoy this one much more if there wasn't as much racism, but at least it's a much more exciting cartoon than HIRE A HALL. Not much to say on it otherwise