The Red Cloud chief., 1912-05-09

"'tS' nv u Cestefbts bcf OF
selffsfeDss on the part of the hard pushed quarry
when the sn'Iered monster charged down upon
MIN, crushing him 10 death before be had timS
~ withdraw his Invaluable flint? That BIT ~
b'ns*bcased fock--wha, tragedies of the Stone
AEs does IL not suggest
But We have sIsyed far sSeid from the real
purpose ~ these lines, which is mons else than
~ make The reader acquainted with the INNINGS
"f an Infinitely less remote sge, but which, -
samples ~ finished drawings os sporting eceEes,
yet rank among the oldest We have.
Fiorennls oi the Ylorenttnes. though Flemish
NY birth, for he was born In Eruges In the year
1bz3. Giovanni della 9trafa. or ~ use hiy Latin.
Szed name with which he frequently signed bis
work, JosnDes susdanug, han acquired by his
apprenticeship 10 Michael Angelo many NJ the
famous artists teeDliafites and msBnsrtsns as
n glsncs o, S,radaDUs' Drsncing. heavily named
stssfs ana giantiimbed men dlsciosss. H,rads
nus was born NJ most opDOriune moment, for
tho craving for pictorial matter making incli
felt IN the Second half of his century was Great
ing demand which far exceeded the supply. and
though your Bodies apd Tschutis. and even ear.
Tier art critics, insist that this craving helped
more thsn any other circumstance t0 prostitute
art hebssiDg this divine Inspiration ~ the painter
~ a common craft. II must not be forgotten that
but for men like B,radanus, Theodore DC Bry.
Hans tOi. the nntitudnOUs Gale family nj Ant
werD COiaern, Wterr, NaIiery. HadHier and GOit
sins. NJ well az tbs De Pssss family. who all
worked with extraordinary energy IN turning out
pictures Of tbs day" our knowledge Of the daily
life and Of occurrences IN that TEN pcstuOus cen.
tury would bs nothing Ike as correct and init.
mate ss II is What progress. for instance. art
made IN this half century between Ibl7 and the
ysar 1867. when sirahsnus drew his Ons hundred
and four VsDhti0nes sporting pictures, 4 glance
st 'Tbsusrdnnk." Emperor Maximilian's famous
book ~ adventures, and nj tho prints aDpertain.
Snx 10 tbs hrstnamsd series. will show. Both tho
designer Of the pictures and ths wiedeP ~ tho
sravsr had mads giant strides In the interval. and
~ ws can SEQ from reproductions Of original
drawings by HtrAdsDus hand. many 4 master 0f
tho eighteenth century would have done we'll 10
study the itsiianissd Fleming's method and
touches
The drawings AFFORD amusing evidence Of tho
widespread ignorance which then prevailed IN
connection with certain forms Of sport Perhaps
tho most characteristic In this respect is tho pic.
tnrs Of mountain spOrt--vix. tho chass Of tho
chamois, When ons nrst saw tho print Of this
picture and ones aat0ninhed gnzc rested upon the
dslinsation Of tho agile mountain beast carrying
horns that are crooked forward instead Of back.
ward. Ons naturally assumed that this extraordi.
nary mistake WAS made by the engraver and not
by tho artist who drew tho animal, whose body
and pose are In other respects correct. hut In
this one would have done tho busy Antwerp on.
kfavsrs nn injustice. M was disclosed when the
original came into ones possession, for there
5mm0rtnlixed by master hand. prance about not
ono but several ehnmo's with this curious NAL
formation.
~ othcr respecs, TOO. btfhdhnis drew upon his
imagination In concocting this drawing for ho
represents tho man OF Michael Angel, like limbs
strapping stsigsisen. or crampons. 20 HIS naked
fest. which, of course was nsver done, TO turr
20 another form OF sport--elephant and ostrcl
bunting--HtrMdanus In tho former picture drew
bis quarry Of very undersised dimensions n mia
take not usually made either by him or by othe
artists of his age who, 40 rule. magnined tn
sixs NJ foreign animals. Tako as nm instance
our reproduction of an engraving after nnothe
49, sA. IslA.a Al.~ ..Aa.s
have elephants which II we accept the ordinar
human form ~ our scale. must have stood som,
thing iike eighteen feet high though probably
NJ the inscription below tells w that the man I
tho sot Of hamstringing hts quarry II n trogl,
dyts 0r cAvedwollsr. race who were believe
20 bs 0f dwarf stature. tho disproportion II 1,
tended 10 be NJ great M II H. As an oarly pi'