Frank Hopkins
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Frank Hopkins (1865?-1951) was a cowboy from the United States. He was known by his stories about his own exploits, and was an activist for the preservation of the Spanish Mustang.
Hopkins made a number of disputed claims, including claims of being a famous distance/endurance horse racer, winning over 400 races, and the details of his account of a legendary horse race which supposedly took place in Arabia in 1890. This story was adapted into the 2004 film Hidalgo, which received generally positive reviews. However, some argue that most of Hopkins' claims as depicted in the film, including the existence of any such race in the first place, are tall tales or hoaxes.
According to the film, the descendants of the horse Hidalgo, for which the movie was named, live among the herd of Spanish Mustangs on Blackjack Mountain in Oklahoma.
External links
- A discussion of the disputed claims in Hopkins's life (http://slate.msn.com/id/2096671/#ContinueArticle)
- tribute site (http://www.frankhopkins.com/) by the scriptwriter
- http://www.thelongridersguild.com/hopkins.htm Contains links that dispute claims of Frank T. Hopkins