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THE CHILDREN’S FOUNTAIN. 
Royal Park at Brussels. 
COWBOY MONUMENT, PHILADELPHIA. 
Frederick Remington, Sc. 
>ND PUBLIC MEMORIALS 
Weinert. of New York, and H. Van Buren Magonigle, of 
New York, was the architect of the pedestal, which takes the 
form of a low exedra of Barre granite with bronze lamp 
standards at either end. 
The work was erected with a state appropriation of $10,000 
and the bronze metal was donated by the United States Gov- 
ernment. Lloyd Bros., Toledo, O., were the contractors for 
the granite work. 
REMINGTON’S COWBOY STATUE 
When Frederick Remington, first famed as a painter of 
western scenes, took to sculpture it was to be expected 
that he would produce something picturesque, and his 
remarkable group of cowboys shooting up the town at the 
St. Louis World’s Fair will be remembered as a “tour 
de force’’ in sculpture. His mounted cowboy unveiled 
with real cowboy ceremonies by real cowboys in Fair- 
mount Park, Philadelphia, in June, is another of the 
same school. It would be difficult to imagine a more 
picturesque figure or a more picturesque and appropriate 
setting than has been given this wonderfully realistic 
group shown in our illustration. 
The statue stands on a pedestal of rough stone, resem- 
bling the edge of a cliff, on an embankment overlooking 
the East Drive. The horse has been running at full 
speed, and has already reached the brink of a precipice 
before his rider sees it. and the steed has stopped on the 
very edge. It forcefull 3 '- depicts mad action brought al- 
most to a dead rest. 
An added touch of realism is .given by the ideal spot 
in which it stands. The place was selected by Mr. Rem- 
ington some months ago, and is so natural that at a dis- 
tance one might think that a real rider were dashing 
wildly to death. 
The statue is sixteen feet high and eighteen feet long 
and was cast by the “Cire Perdue” process at the Roman 
Bronze Works, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
It was a gift to the city by the Fairmount Park Art 
Association, and the unveiling exercises which drew a 
large crowd included a parade of mounted Indians and 
cowboys from a Wild West Show that was in Phila- 
delphia at the time. 
BACON MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, PLAINVILLE, MASS. 
