Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-02

millionaire. Nothing could well exceed the
luxury Of the stablfng. Each horse has the
most spacious accommo dation and every
modern convenience, as the house agent
would say. Nothing is left undone to keep
these equine favorites of fortune in the
pink of condition. fine track and steep1e-
chase course provide the means of exercis-
ing them. Part OF the equipment 10
indoor riding school which might suffice for
ball room and does serve as a gymnasium
and shooting gallery.
More than 100 horses are lodged here, and
their combined value at low estimate ex-
ceeds 100000. Mr.. Winans has entries in
no fewer than ninety-three of the 124
classes arranged for at the international
horse show which begins June 4. He, more
than any other single exhibitor, is expected
to uphold the prestige of the old country
against the American representatives, AL
fred Vanderbilt and Ogden Armour. A Lon
don newspaper, disregarding the fact that
he is an American citizen. and anticipating
for him sweeping victory, has already &C
claimed him "England's doughty cham
pion."
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At horse shows in England and on the
holds many championships. His four-in-
hand team of bay horses never has been
beaten. and they have been shown at Paris,
Brussels and The Hague as well as in Eng
land. In the big hackney class his pair of
bays. Cookers Rosador and Prosper1ne. hold
a similar record, and the former is the
champion of England. A smaller pair,
marlborough and Lonsdale, are also Eng
lish champions in their class. For the last
ten years at all the English horse shows he
has swept the boards in the light harness
classes.
He has long string of trotters and
PAGERS most of them. Of course, either
American or American bred. that have won
prizes innumerable. He has tried hard to
populariZe trotting in England, but that
must be accounted one of his failures. He
has now given up racing on English trot-
ting tracks. That was because Of the in
PRODUCTION OF so many ringers from
America my INSCRIPTIONS sportsmen whose
regulations had made America too hot for
them. Austria. where trotting has taken a
great hold. offers him better and fairer
field. and he now has sixteen trotters at
Vienna. That gives some idea OF the scale
on which he does things.
Other attractions he has added to Surren-
den Park besides the sumptuous stables. He
has introduced there the American buffalo
the American wapiu, the other species of
elk from other countries. The wapiti, as all
naturalists know. is noted for its big ant
lers. Mr.. Winans has a notion that~by
cross breeding with other varieties Of big
horned deer he may improve even on the
wapitis splendid spread, and his expert
ments thus far have made him sangune of
success. He also has tried crossing the
buffalo with domestic cattle. but has not
yet succeeded in evolving the "cattalo," as
Buffalo Jones of American fame calls
the hybrid animal which he has produced
Probably breaking records is Mr.. Winans
greatest hobby. He has shot more stays
than any man living. One thousand have
fallen to his rife, and about half as many
kinds in Scotland. If that sounds like
slaughter it should be remembered that he
has been at it for many years. And II any
man thinks deer stalking is easy game