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Billy Barton, (sculpture). Artist:  Brenner, Henri, sculptor. Roman Bronze Works, founder. Title:  Billy Barton, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated March 20, 1952. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: cement. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 81 x 107 x 20 in.; Base: approx. 8 x 93 x 21 in. Inscription:  ROMAN BRONZE WORKS LI.N.Y. (Centered on base, bronze lettering:) BILLY BARTON unsigned Founder's mark appears. Description:  Race horse Billy Barton is depicted standing with his head turned slightly to the proper left. The sculpture is mounted upon a tiered, rectangular base, set before shrubbery. Subject:  Animal -- Portrait -- Billy Barton Animal -- Horse Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Laurel Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Laurel Race Course, Administration Department, Route 198 & Racetrack Road, Laurel, Maryland 20725 Located Laurel Race Track, Grandstand entrance, Laurel, Maryland Remarks:  Billy Barton was a famous steeple chase gelding owned by Howard Bruce of Maryland. In 1926, he successively won the Maryland Grand National Steeplechase, the Maryland Hunt Cup, and the Virginia Gold Cup, and took second prize at the Aintree Grand National in England in 1928. He died in March 1951 at the age of thirty-three. Soon after, Laurel Race Track president John Shapiro commissioned the sculpture. It was originally installed about thirty yard from where it is now installed. IAS files contain excerpts from Laurel Race Course, Media Guide, 1984; Maryland Horse (March 1951): pg. 23; Maryland Horse (April 1952); M. A. Stoneridge's "A Horse of Your Own," Garden City, NY: Doubleday, rev. ed., 1980, pg. 60; D. Sterett Gittings' "Maryland and the Thoroughbred," Baltimore: Hoffman Brothers Company, 1932, pg. 77-84. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Maryland Horse (April 1952). Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS MD000453   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MD000453 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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