Frederick George Richard Roth often referred to as F.G.R. Roth, was an American sculptor and animalier, well known for portraying living animals. The statue of the sled dog Balto in New York City's Central Park is perhaps his most famous piece.
Roth's Horse Tamer, from the Pan-American Exposition
Balto (1925), Central Park, New York City.
George Washington (1927–1928), Morristown, New Jersey
Dancing Bear (1937), Central Park, New York City.
A bronze statue of Balto by Frederick Roth is installed in Central Park, Manhattan, New York. Balto was an Alaskan husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala. He achieved fame when he reportedly led a team of sled dogs on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nenana, Alaska, by train and then to Nome by dog sled to combat an outbreak of the disease.
The statue in 2010
Balto's remains at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History