134 THE PORTRAIT GALLERY 
Cot. Cooper was a director of the International from the 
date of its inception until his death, and was appointed by Mr. 
OcILViE as assistant superintendent of the horse department, an 
appointment later confirmed by election of the directors. He 
was especially interested in the light horse show, and contributed 
largely of his energy to the development and staging of the 
night horse exhibition. His death was in the harness, as he 
suffered from an apoplectic stroke at the close of the 1917 Inter- 
national. 
