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  2. List of equestrian statues in the United States - Wikipedia

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    General John A. Logan, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Logan) and Alexander Phimister Proctor (horse), Grant Park (Chicago), 1897. Thaddeus Kosciuszko, by Kasmir Chodzinski, Burnham Park (Chicago), 1904. George Washington Memorial, by Daniel Chester French (Washington) and Edward Clark Potter (horse), Washington Park, 1900, this cast 1903. A replica ...

  3. Snowman (horse) - Wikipedia

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    Snowman (February 29, 1948 – September 24, 1974) [citation needed] was a former plow horse [1] of mixed breed ancestry, possibly a cross of a grade horse with a US Army Remount stallion. [ citation needed ] He was purchased for $80 on his way to a slaughterhouse and became a champion in show jumping in the United States during the 1950s.

  4. Lawn jockey - Wikipedia

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    The lawn ornament, popular in certain parts of the United States and Canada in years past, [1] was a cast replica, usually about half-scale or smaller, generally of a man dressed in jockey's clothing and holding up one hand as though taking the reins of a horse. The hand sometimes carries a metal ring (suitable for hitching a horse in the case ...

  5. Equestrian statue - Wikipedia

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    An equestrian statue is a statue of a rider mounted on a horse, from the Latin eques, meaning 'knight', deriving from equus, meaning 'horse'. [1] A statue of a riderless horse is strictly an equine statue. A full-sized equestrian statue is a difficult and expensive object for any culture to produce, and figures have typically been portraits of ...

  6. Equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson (Washington, D.C.)

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    The Jackson Monument and White House in the 1890s. The statue was dedicated on January 8, 1853, the 38th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans, with procession from Judiciary Square followed by an address delivered by Senator Stephen A. Douglas to a crowd of 20,000 people, including President Fillmore, Major General Winfield Scott, members of his cabinet and of Congress, the monument ...

  7. Dala horse - Wikipedia

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    The world's largest Dala horse, made of concrete and located in Avesta, Sweden. The world's largest Dala horse painting, painted by Shai Dahan in New York City 2019.. A Dala horse or Dalecarlian horse is a traditional carved, painted wooden statue of a horse originating in the Swedish province of Dalarna (Dalecarlia).

  8. Livery yard - Wikipedia

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    A livery yard, livery stable or boarding stable, is a stable where horse owners pay a weekly or monthly fee to keep their horses. A livery or boarding yard is not usually a riding school and the horses are not normally for hire (unless on working livery - see below).

  9. Korczak Ziolkowski - Wikipedia

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    ZióÅ‚kowski in the Black Hills. Ziolkowski continued his work until he died of acute pancreatitis in 1982 at the age of 74 in Sturgis, SD. He was buried in an impressive tomb that he had built, with a huge steel plate on which he cut the words, "Korczak; Storyteller in Stone; May His Remains; Be Left Unknown" at the base of the mountain. [1]