Frank T. Hopkins (photo courtesy - American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming) All in all, Hopkins won more than four hundred races in the late 1800s when endurance riding was the rage, and for most of those rides he was mounted on a Mustang. Glynn W. Haynes Frank T. Hopkins and his Mustang show horse Hidalgo (photo courtesy - Richard Cartwright)
		Click on a title below to view the full article. 1. "Under the Saddle" Dobie, J. Frank. The Mustangs. 1934: pp. 271–278. 2. "Great Horses and Riders" Harris, Albert W. Blood of the Arab. Chicago: Printed for the Arabian Horse Club of America, 1941: pp: 41–47. 3. "Back in Arabia—Completing the Circle" Harris, Albert W. Blood of the Arab. Chicago: Printed for the Arabian Horse Club of America, 1941: pp. 48–52. 4. "Frank Hopkins... Best of Endurance Riders?" Amaral, Anthony. "Frank Hopkins... Best of Endurance Riders?" Western Horseman Magazine. 1969: pp. 110–111, 191–192. 5. "America's Great Distance Horsemen" Harris, Fredie Steve. "America's Great Distance Horsemen." AERC Endurance News, April 1991. Reprinted from Horseman Magazine, 1979: pp. 15–18. 6. "Cow Ponies & Buffalo Runners" Worcester, Dr. Donald E. The Spanish Mustang. El Paso: University of Texas El Paso, 1986: pp. 63–64. 7. "Pintos" Crowell, Pers. Cavalcade of American Horses. McGraw Hill, 1951: pp. 292–295. 8. "Hidalgo and Frank Hopkins" Amaral, Anthony. "Hidalgo and Frank Hopkins." Article sent to Gilbert Jones, former president of the Spanish Mustang Registry, who then sent it to the editor of the Spanish Mustang Registry (SMR) newsletter, 1950s. 9. "Pinto Horse of Wild West is Now a Recognized Breed" Unknown. "Pinto Horse of Wild West is Now a Recognized Breed." Reno Evening Gazette, April 6, 1961: p. 27. 10. "Bronco Americano Que Fez o Raid a Aden a Akaba en 1890" (American Bronco That Made the Ride From Aden to Akaba in 1890) D'Andrade, Dr. Ruy. 11. "Legendary Ride" Haynes, Glynn W. The American Paint Horse. Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1976: pp. 29–31. 12. "1800-mile Trail Ride—Texas to Vermont" Hopkins, Frank T., introduction by Harvey Wingate. "1800-mile Trail Ride—Texas to Vermont." The Vermont Horse and Bridle Trail Bulletin, 1940. 13. "Brains Plus Endurance" Roth, Charles B. The Horse–Official Journal of the U.S. Remount Service, 1935: pp. 18–20. 14. "Great Riders" Roth, Charles B. U.S. Remount Service Magazine, 1936. 15. "A Judge's Impression of the Ride" Hopkins, Frank T. Vermont Horse and Bridle Trail Bulletin, Oct. 1941: Vol. #4. 16. "Riders and Their Records" Parker, Col. R. Letter to the Vermont Horse and Bridle Trail Bulletin, September 2–5, 1942. 17. "The Mustang" Hopkins, Frank T. Vermont Horse and Bridle Trail Bulletin, Date unknown. 18. "The Spanish Horse, or Mustang of the West" Dickey, E. M. Vermont Trail Bulletin, 1940s. 19. "Hidalgo" Hopkins, Gertrude. Date unknown. 20. "Gentling" Hopkins, Frank T. Vermont Horse and Bridle Trail Bulletin, 1940s. 21. "Greasy Clay" Hopkins, Frank T. (Robert O. Easton Collection, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming) 22. "I Knew Frank for Almost Half a Century" Dickey, Edward. (Robert O. Easton Collection, courtesy American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming), 1960s. 23. "Call of the Wild Subway Lures Hero of Novels Here" "Rider Who Saw Woolly Days on the Frontier Bosses Broad Street Gang" Unknown city newspaper article, 1940s. 24. "Training Trotters" Hopkins, Frank T. Excerpted from My Years in the Saddle. (Don Russell Collection, Buffalo Bill Historical Center), 1930s. 25. "The Toughest Race" Roth, Charles. Horse and Horseman Magazine, 1937. 26. "Training Endurance Horses" Hopkins, Frank T. Vermont Horse and Bridle Trail Bulletin, 1940s. 27. "He was Quite a Horseman" An interview with surviving friends of Frank Hopkins, July 2004. 28. Frank Hopkins - 2006 UPDATE An update by Hidalgo writer John Fusco, April 2006.

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