"Return
of Shorty"
TR and dog
Oil, 12x16"
Price on request
In 1905 Theodore Roosevelt went on a
bear hunt in Colorado. His guides were experienced in working
with dogs and brought a pack of 26 hounds and four half-blood
terriers.
My painting shows one of the dogs, Shorty,
walking into TRs camp at night. The dog had returned, badly
injured, under it own steam.
What happened to Shorty and his desperate
struggle for survival is covered in a compelling account in Volume
II of Seerey-Lesters book Legends of the Hunt
Campfire Tales.
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