491130 The Race Track, or Death on a Pale Horse, c.1896-1908 (oil on canvas) by Ryder, Albert Pinkham (1847-1917); 70.5x90 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Ryder??? subject was inspired by a horse race that took place in New York during 1888. One of the artist??? friends wagered on the race and then committed suicide after the horse lost. Death appears as a skeleton on horseback holding a scythe with which he cuts down the living, while a snake, a sign of temptation and evil, slithers in the foreground.); Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund; American, out of copyright.