East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-09-23

The western spirit which permeate
the Round-Up is typified by the worI
OF A. Phimister Proctor. known al
''The Sculptor OF the West" VIII,
spent some time In Pendieton study
ing Indians ana cowboys of Umatilla
county, and who is here for this years
show.
1t was In Pendieton that work on
'The Buckaroo." or Broncho Buster
which is to be erected In the Civic
Center OF Denver, Colorado was be-
gun. Slim Rulings OF Pendleton was
the model, and the finished work
shows "a heroic sized figure mounted
ON a bucking cayuse fresh from the
range. The front hoofs of the animal
are braced on the ground but his
hind legs are flung In the air. His ef-
forts are unavailing to rid himself of
his rider who clad In chaps, shirt,
neckerchief and sombrero of the
Roundup, sits erect on the broncho.
Played Bascpail In Denver.
A coincidence in the erection OF
"The Buckaroo" in Denver Is that 40
years ago Proctor played baseball on
the spot where now stands the Civic
Center He was born in Canada, but
came as "a small boy to Colorado,
where he was brought up. He remem-
hers Denver as the little frontier city |
of his boyhood, and recalls seeing an |
telope seurrying where buildings now |
stand, and recalls. too. the Ute I'm
dams riding in the streets.
Proctor's works show a love of the
hunt and an understanding OF Wild
animals, and It wis In his youth that
both these characteristics were fostor-
ed.
kiIls Big Game.
Armed with an old rifle that had
been discarded as useless at the age
OF 16 he killed hts first big game.
in tho Rockies quite alone.
he unexpectedly came upon "a herd of
elk. among them Il BIZ bull. wait.ng.
he shot al the bull and wounded him,
The medieval rifle refused to work
and before the boy was able 70 shoot ,
again. the wounded bull Sirotted OFF
Finally Proctor succeeded Ia getting /,
his gun in working order. and after
railing the big beast Killed him.
II vas while on hs way hack to
amp with the eiks head that nc saw .
grizzly bear Despite the eccentric
les of the old fsrearm. he MS able toJ
I'LL his prey and went home "A victo-
lous hunter.
Meets DelIcfibaueii.
About this time he met Frederick
,cllenbaugh. one OF the few art SITS OF :"
hat time who had penetrated the
fest. He showed DellenbauEh his "
ketches and his modeilings and was g
dvised to 70 to New YORK ar Europe
, study. The necessary funds we're : !
lckinG. but afterlan4 attempt at mtn- z
ig he sold a small ranch and with the \,
inds went to New York where he
udied at the schools Of the National -
and the Art Students
eaguc. y
Tho Columbian Exposition in Chit 20
,go 1892. afforded HIM his first op
,rtunsty For this far he modelled 2
,lar bears. elk. moose. as we'll as an ~
ldian scout and row pucher fvrsthe 4.
building. and the lions sii
r the Fine Arts building. rs
Works Brng Success, ~
Through the recognition and success
ought by this work he went to Paris ~
study under Injaibert and Pouch. pc
year later he returned to the United M
ates at the request OF Augustus st.
ludcns to model horses for the Lo- ue
N statue In Chicago. and the Sher- iei
an monument in New York. cei
In 1895 he won the Rinehart prize
a again went to Paris, where he re- ioi
aimed for three years at Julian's and ~
iarossi's. During this time he CEN q
rcd his thoughts on his own Far
est and when he returned to the NV
ates he spent his summers in AL CIV
rita. British Columbia and Montana N
a result he has hundreds of tro-
les of the hunt in the wilds. pm
Models Lions. pai
IN Tho naxt fa,Y wars he modelled ha.
} huge lions at the base Of the Me- 4
nley monument4in Buffalo. the pu- pla
Is at the entrance to Prospect Park vii
Brooklyn and the tigers which stand pro
tho etrance to Nassau Hall in
inceton. VIII
When the late Theodore Roosevelt seri
8 president he decided that the use
n heads on each side of the mantel
ce in the state dining room were for
of place, and declared that bison "stl
ids should supplant British lions lest
Proctor was asked TO model a pair n
buffalo heads. which the president rem
er gave his emphatic stamp of APP abi
wal lize
Sor did Proctor's connection with \
great American end there. Pres ed
Mt Rooseveft's "'Tennis Cabinet" a mel
up of friends who loved sport and to
out of doors. presented him with 7
statue Charging Panther" whGh hea
the work of Proctor Roosevelt tacl