Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Preston he kaiwhakaahua tahi me tana tahu, a James Moore Preston, i runga i te korero "To Tatou Horse" i taarua i roto i te putanga 1910 o "Te Maheni a te Katoa". Ko te whakaaturanga Armory Show o te tau 1913 tetahi o nga peita hinu a Preston, "Te kotiro me te taarua". I riro i a ia he tohu i te
Ko te Whakaaturanga o Panama-Pacific i te tau 1915. I New York, i whakaatuhia e ia ki te Karapu MacDowell. I takaro a Preston i a ia ano i te kiriata "Our Mutual Girl" i whakaatuhia i nga whare pikitia i te tau 1915.