The UPA Horse

For a few cartoons early in its theatrical life, UPA opened with a horse with a tartan. I presume the tartan was on a background while the body of the horse was transparent on cels.

Here’s the horse turning around and sitting. It then sprouts a gloved hand.



Here are two consecutive frames.



The hand disappears. The horse sprouts wings and flies out of the scene.



Bill Hurtz may have come up with the horse as he was designing cartoons at the studio at the time. I won’t venture a guess on the animator. And, no, I can’t tell you if this is a real Scottish tartan. It’s safe to say it’s not from Clan Bosustow.