Louis Maurer & America XIX century racing horses

 Salvete Omnes,

a quick post but the subject matter is grand - the American harness racing horses in the art of Louis Maurer. 
Nota bene I had worked a little bit with the harness racing horses back in a day, it was very interesting to watch these powerful pacers & trotters  eat speed in their sulky harness around the track, and later on when in a herd and at liberty  prance among some apple orchards. 

I would have provided some links to my favorite world library - Archive - but less than a month ago Archive was attacked by malicious hacking assault and has been restoring its services, especially the book library (Way Back machine is back and running). 

So we have to have patience and meantime we can enjoy the equestrian lithography by  Louis Maurer (1832-1932) - from Wiki Commons.

some flat racing American Thoroughbred - 

 

Do note that Herr Maurer worked for Currier & Ives, the XIX century American printmaking firm, famous for their lithographies . 

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Charles M. Russell - buffalo hunts

 Salvete Omnes, 

a short entry - some of the fabulous works by Charles M. Russell showing buffalo/bison hunts on horseback.

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at the Amon Carter Museum there are  photos of maestro Charles and his art, including one at his studio with a canvass on easel showing a bison herd. 

 from Charlie Russell had a satirical streak eg

and a 'white Indian' story from More Rawhide stories by master storyteller Charles M. Russell -

and another illustration from My sixty years on the plains, trapping, trading, and Indian fighting a book I wrote about  2 years ago.

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