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En? Ovcsnian Hound-Up Souvenir- Edition Pendicfon, Oregon, Saturday, September 25, 1915 Twenty Pare PUTTING THE BUCKAROO INTO BR01NZE Colled to Fcnc'Ictcn By The Rcurd Up, A. Fhimcisttr Fncicr, Wcrld Kctcd Sculptor, Makes Catt cf Typical Ccuboy P.I 11 " ' " 1 Every your tlu Hound-up attracts to Prmilcin nuiw men and women if iiHtl.m i rfn- Wit. Among thiwe !cllinir ' i Its lure last year uraa Alexan.ler PhlntlMer Proctor, cele-b-ated N"W Yotic sculptor and so fas cinated ws he by the thrilling exhi ti'tlnns by cohot. cowgirls and In '.Un. ami ro ij-twughly waa he im Imed wit the fur western spirit that he. forthwith "Miied to make Pen IMn hn home for a year and to en up hi attiJIo here In order to " put the cowboy Into art." He haa succeeded. During the year v has b.-cn In this city, he haa com tdeted one of the rst pieces of work I has ever doi e, and to those who I now anything a'.rout the world of that if sayi.ig that he has accom I'liahed something truly great. It is 'k.iown as 'The Rwkaroo" and is the 1 'nure of a cowboy sitting erect in the ia!dle 3n 'he hn-V; of a bucking out law horse TV horse is what 'a known in coalny parlance as a " i-tcher" - nd Nr. Proctor's work st-liDwa thi antiral just as the fore ieet fcaa struck the ground after a rrlble plunge. The cowboy is riding ". IralRht up." one hand holding the re'tva and 'he yhw aloft tn the air, clutches a quirt. Every line ts per il t. The tense muscles of the Inrse's legJ. the flying mane and th triaged chaps cf h cowboy's grip Tirg leg. 'he raking the an!- nal's fla'-.l-s. t e fluttering shirt and Verchlef c! tho rider; all are shown In detail and It doesn't take a critic's keen Judgment to know that the cre mion has beet the result of careful, horough itndy an 1 painstaking, con scientious evecution. The B'ickarco'' was conceived at the Rounl-up, a Pound-up bucking liorse, "Angel," in one of his charao- j eristic plunges, was taken as the bas ic idea for the action, a Round-up cfWboy, "Slim Bill" Ridings was ed as a model and, from first to li'ft. it wis cr?ftej at the home vt 'he Round-up. It therefore, belongs o Pendleton at.il it is this idea that Yias tar;el a rr.-jvement to raise a fund suff.cient to have the flgur ."st in bronze i.i heroic size and set i ft In some PeuMtton park as an 'erlastlnj monument to the Round up. Mr. Prrctor wc.u'd prefer having litis work of hit tan? in Pendleton I nan in any other place and Is will to sac -ifice In a f .nancial way to l elp secu e that end. The very low- fit cost fir an heroic bronze would be J 10.000 but that figure Is not con tidcred so high es to be a barrier. A'ready severa' prominent Portland people have signified a willingness to cintribute libeiaily to such a monu ment of the Round-up. "The Pnckaroo' "Is not the only Chmg Mr Proctor ha done Blnce coming to Penoletrn. He completed Af . i . : ..-.A. d i ... . -if 5 v; I Photo Copyright by BenJmta A. Otfford. Above, "The Buckaroo," as inter preted by Mr. Proctor, after a close study of more than a year among the cowboys of eastern Oregon. Below, A. Phimeister Proctor, Xew Vork sculptor with world-wide repu tation, who has been making his home in Pendleton. his "Indian Pursued," which he began while living with the Sioux Indians, modeled a 'ow'ioy head, and has made starts on tht figure of a rear ing bucker and of a buffalo. His life has been a busy one, for, when he was not in Ids studio, he was camp ing with the Indians on the reserva tion, attending Irdian or cowboy round-uis on the range or riding out to some ' jnely sprt where he could drink in the beauty of the brown hills I and distinctive coloring which nature r as given to eastei n Oregon. I When the sculptor first decided to I make Pendleton hit home for a year. j he sent to New York for his wife and seven children They have all be come so enthralled by the charm of Pendletou and eastern Oregon that New rork holda no attraction for them savo some "aluable friendships. Tiey want to live In the west the rest of theft- days f,-d, unless his duties compel them to return to the east, Mr. Pro-'tor decltres he will remain here at least ancther year. Mr. P-octor was hern In Canada, Septembsr 27, 1S62. He grew up 1n Colorado, and In hl barefoot days began shaping dry Into the sem '.il.inces of the things he saw around him. His artistic tducation was received in New York ar1 London, and ir. Peris under Peuch and Ingalbert. Miss Margaret Gercw became Mrs. Proctor in 1893 There are seven children and a'lhough the family's home address Is Bedford, New York, few of the little Prostors have been born In Gotham. Mr. Proctor sets up his studio Wcerevut there Is some thing he wishes to carve or model, and the family eoea with him, A. Phlmister P-octor, N, A., I A. I , is a member of the following art organizations: National Academy of Design, Institute of Arts and Letters, Architectural League, Century Club, Canadian Art Cob, National Sculp ture society aid A.nerican Water Color society. He also belonss to the Boone and ('rocket club, of whl.h ex-President .'loosevolt was cne of the organizers, and whose membership is limited to KO; and the Cnmp Fire club, com josed chiefly ot Xew York eportsmen. The members of bo'h clubs are big tame hunters, ar'lstj and naturallsU. Builders' Modal Awarded, Mr. Proctor wis awarded the build ers' medal at the Chicago world's ;a r and a gold medal at the St. Lou i world's fatr. At tho Pan-American exposition at Buffalo iic was a member of the Jury of select'., n for sculpture, and also for a member of the jury of awards for the same. Tho Inner honor placed him "horj contours," that Is, barred him from compiling for prizes. He reived a gold medal at the Paris world s fair, and has recently receive! another from the Panama ppclfic cxpoiitlcn at San Francisco, for which he Is a member of the ad v story commission at the art depart ment, and of the ;ury of selection. Mr. Procter also has a gold medal cf honor from thi Architectural league. As a member of the art commls son of New Ynrk cltv, Mr. Proctor (Continued on page 7) 1 There's An Inside And An Outside to most all questions and the fellow1 who knows the in side of the house-building-game from actual experience, as we do, is a pretty good friend to any home-builder, whether you seek his advice for material best suited to either inside or outside. 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