“I never got to be a bronk rider but in my youthfull days wanted to be, and while that want lasted I had a fine chance to study hoss enatimy from under and over,” Charles M. Russell wrote to fellow cowboy artist Will James on May 12, 1920. Russell’s knowledge of horse anatomy would bring him recognition as a master of cowboy art; in this regard, his New Yorker peer, Frederic Remington, often fell flat. This spring, both artists’ portrayals of bronco busting hit the auction bloc
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