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The work depicts a cowboy riding a horse that is rearing up in fright, twisting away from a rattlesnake on the base. The rider, with moustache and woolly chaps, leans forward, gripping the horse's mane with one hand and holding on to his hat with the other.
General Ulysses S. Grant, by Daniel Chester French (Grant) and Edward Clark Potter (horse), Fairmount Park, 1897. The Medicine Man, by Cyrus Dallin, Fairmount Park, 1899. Cowboy, by Frederic Remington, Fairmount Park, 1908. General Winfield Scott Hancock, by John Quincy Adams Ward, Smith Memorial Arch, 1910.
It portrays a rugged cowboy character fighting to stay aboard a rearing, plunging bucking horse, with a stirrup swinging free, a quirt in one hand and a fistful of mane and reins in the other. It was the first and remains the most popular of all of Remington's sculptures.
The horse survived World War I and was retired to a stable in France. The idea that the horse in the image was Old Steamboat (1894–1914), the famous bucking horse near Cheyenne, was developed much later, as few civilians saw the event depicted by Ostrum. The incident was documented with citations in the book Where Rivers Run North by Sam ...
A felt cowboy hat A straw cowboy hat. The cowboy hat is a high-crowned, wide-brimmed hat best known as the defining piece of attire for the North American cowboy.Today it is worn by many people, and is particularly associated with ranch workers in the western, midwestern, and southern United States, western Canada and northern Mexico, with many country music, regional Mexican and Sertanejo ...
Over time, the working cowboy hat of the ranch cowboy, as modified by popular entertainers and rodeo competitors, became an essential part of the cowboy image. At times, various politicians, celebrities and law enforcement units adopted descendants of the Boss of the Plains hat to strengthen their association with the culture and values of the ...
A horse (with rider) rearing out of control. A rearing horse handled by a person on the ground. A highly trained horse performing the Pesade, a carefully controlled classical dressage movement where the horse raises its forehand off the ground for a brief period. Rearing occurs when a horse or other equine "stands up" on its hind legs with the ...
Also known as a "Cowboy Hat". A high-crowned, wide-brimmed hat, with a sweatband on the inside, and a decorative hat band on the outside. Customized by creasing the crown and rolling the brim. [38] Student cap: A cap worn by university students in various European countries. Sun hat: A hat which shades the face and shoulders from the sun. Tam o ...