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THE WADE HAMPTON EQUESTRIAN MONUMENT, COLUMBIA. S. C. 
There was unveiled November 20 on the state house 
grounds, Columbia, S. C., the handsome bronze eques- 
trian statue of Wade Hampton, lieutenant general of 
the confederacy, governor of South Carolina and for 
many years United States senator. 
The memorial was erected with a state appropria- 
tion of $20,000 and popular contributions of $10,000. 
The commission appointed to carry out the. work se- 
lected F. Wellington Ruckstuhl as the sculptor with- 
out competition. The contract was signed two years 
ago, and the work delivered one year before the time 
limit. Mr. Ruckstuhl went to Paris to make the statue, 
in order to avoid the distracting social cares of New 
York, and to exhibit the work at the Paris Salon. 
In the latter respect he was disappointed, as the 
statue was finished too late for the opening of the 
Salon. 
The sculptor chose to represent Hampton riding 
down the line at a review of his troops and saluting 
them as they cheer him. To the color scheme through- 
out Mr. Ruckstuhl gave the minutest care, and it is 
to this that the spectator owes in no small measure the 
pleasing effect of the entire work. The likeness to 
the General is very striking. In the face and bearing 
the sculptor has shown that inspiration of mind and 
emotional exaltation which a general would feel as 
he rides down the cheering ranks. The horse is rep- 
resented as sharing in the exalted pride of his rider, 
and every line is full of action and grace. The head is 
not reined in but the animal himself bends his head as 
he prances in front of the cheering soldiers. 
The statue is 15 14 feet high and was cast by the 
Compagnie A. Durenne, at Paris. It was shipped com- 
plete, in a case 16 feet high, and the sculptor followed 
it all the way from Paris, watching each loading and 
unloading. 
The pedestal, in the designing of which Mr. Ruck- 
stuhl was assisted by Mr. J. L. Fougerousse, of Paris, 
has an original and pleasing treatment about the base 
that has been very successfully carried out. A slight 
grassy mound is surmounted by a curbing having 
specially designed angle railings of bronze. Then comes 
another grass mound and two steps of Winnsboro 
granite form the base. The die was made in Brussels, 
of grey granite quarried in the Vosges mountains of 
Alsace, and is all polished. It is ornamented with 
twelve bronze placques bearing names of ten battles 
and dedication to Hampton, besides inscriptions in 
raised bronze antique Roman letters. The pedestal is 
13^ feet high and of unusually happy proportion. 
The whole monument is 20 feet high. 
The people are proud of the memorial and the 
commissioners consider it the finest in the South. 
Mr. Ruckstuhl has a number of fine public monu- 
ments to his credit, among which are his well known 
“Spirit of the Confederacy” at Baltimore, soldiers’ 
monument at Little Rock, besides figures of “Wis- 
dom” and “Force” on the appellate court building in 
New York, and the beautiful representation of “Even- 
ing,” in the Metropolitan Museum in that city. 
He was born in Alsace, but came over to America 
with his parents at a very early age and was reared 
in St. Louis. He is a self-made man, as he began 
work for himself at the age of 14. When he was 28 
he decided to become a sculptor, and a few years later 
went to Paris for study. Mr. Ruckstuhl has also done 
a great deal to further the art development of the 
country by public lectures, and by his active member- 
ship in many of the leading art organizations in this 
country. He is a virile thinker and writer and has 
in preparation a book on art. 
NATIONAL HUMANE ALLIANCE ERECTS 
DRINKING FOUNTAINS IN MANY CITIES 
The National Humane Alliance is engaged in the 
work of erecting public drinking fountains similar to 
the one shown in the accompanying illustration where 
they are needed in many cities in the United States. 
The alliance was founded by the late Hermon Lee 
Ensign, who was a lover of domestic animals, and left 
his entire fortune for the erection of these fountains. 
The fountains are 6 ft. 8 in. in height, have large 
bowls 6 ft. in diameter for horses, and four small bowls 
or niches underneath for dogs. 
HUMANE ALLIANCE DRINKING FOUNTAIN. 
