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Frank
T. Hopkins' show-riding gear:
hand-tooled, walrus-hide boots by Shipley
(heels lined with baby kangaroo fur for
trick riding); and bridle, made by Hopkins himself, inset with mother-of-pearl,
and
used only in parades.
(photo courtesy - American Heritage Center,
University of Wyoming) |
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Frank
T. Hopkins' shaking hands with Tobel, his opponent,
after a hard riding contest, which he won. The horse is "Gypsy
Boy,"
descendant from the little indian mare "White Y." This stallion
weighed a little over 900 and Mr. Hopkins claimed he had the
best set of running gear ever placed under a horse.
(photo courtesy - The Horse, March-April 1935) |
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