Frank Hopkins, while on tour
as a show rider
Hidalgo, carved by Frank Hopkins
This photo, taken on the D. Stillman Estate in 1951, is the last
known photo of Hopkins, mounted, before his death that year.
At 86, he still had a great seat!
(photo courtesy - American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming)
Three of Frank T. Hopkins' favorite horses during his years as a
circus specialty rider: Darkie, Blaze and Blueskin—
two of them Mustangs from the West.
(photo courtesy - Horse and Horsemen, January 1937)

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