May 212013
Horseshoe Pits
Golden Gate Park
There are sixteen courts in a very out of the way spot of the park, not far from McClaren Lodge. The site was developed out of a rock quarry during 1934 as a WPA project.
There are two concrete bas-reliefs created on the face of the rocks. The artist was Jesse S. “Vet” Anderson (born 1875) who was a cartoonist and caricaturist for the Detroit Free Press and later for the New York Herald Tribune. Anderson was a member of the horseshoe club, he died in 1966.
The sculptures, overgrown and forgotten were revealed in 1968 by a Youth Corps volunteer.
The Horse has seen better days. This was shot in May of 2013.
This was shot in 2009 during its restoration.
The Horseshoe Pitcher remains in fairly decent shape.
I see you got your map up and running! So many sites! What fun!
This must have been amazing to rediscover in the 60’s….and to have been forgotten in only 30 years…how sad!
That horse looks like it was lovely. I guess it is beyond repair now!