New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-08-13
w alter. Winans,
Hor'senan, Dies
On Race Track
Famous Breeder, Crack
Shot, Sculptor and Paint
err Falls From Sulky
While Driving His Trctter
Born i'm Russia i'm 1852
Retained His Citizenship
as American, but Never
Came Here Until 1910
From The Tribunes European Bureau

the famous breeder, horseman, crack
revolver shot, sculptor and painter,
died while driving in horse race here
this afternoon. He tried to check his
trotter, but before the animal could be
stopped Mr.. Winans fell from the
sulky. He died soon after being lifted
from the track.
There we're few Americans better
known and liked in Europe than Mr..
Winans, who, while retaining his citi-
zenship, had up to his fifty-eighth year
never set foot on American soil. Mr..
Winans was an all-round man Of
marked attainments. Of independent
means, he nevertheless chose seriously
to devote himself to the pursuit of art,
and had won real distinction as a
painter and sculptor. His hobby was the
horse, and his prize winners in many
classes were justly celebrated on both
sides Of the Atlantic. He also was fond
of all kinds of sports, noted hunter
of big game, and had won several rifle
and revolver shooting CHAMPIONSHIPS.
Mr.. Winans was born at the Nico-
laiefsky Railway Works a. St. Peters,
burg, Russia, April 5, 1852, his father
being at that time engaged in construc-
ton work for the Russian government.
He was the son of William Louis and
Maria Ann Ode La Rue) Winans. On
the paternal side he was of Dutch an
cestry, tracing back his leneage to
Count Goswyn de Wynants, who was
of Brabant. On the maternal side of
the family he was of French descent.
The first of his forebears to come to
the New World emigrated from Falken-
berg, Meisterich, Holland, to Brazil.
They subsequently moved to the colony
of New Am terdam, and some of his
ancestors fought in the War of the
Revolution. His grandfather was Ross
Winans, the famous railroad builder,
who constructed the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, and his father William Wi
mans, early showed talent along the
same lines. At the age of twenty three
Moscow & st. Petersburg Railroad,
which work he successfully consum-
mated, and became a great favorite of
the Emperor Alexander II, who was af-
terward assassinated.
Mr. Winans received his education
under private tutors at St. Peters
burg. He resided in that city until
the age of eighteen. when his family
moved to England. He did not sacrifice
his nationality, however, taking the
oath of allegiance at the United States
Embassy in St. Petersburg, and al
though his entire life had been spent
abroad, in London, in Paris, in Vienna
and in Brussels, he had never desired
to be other than an American citizen.
In 1910 he visited the home of his
al Al, -
New York to participate in the hon sc
show at Madison Square Garden.
Although he was not engaged il.
business, his life had not been one Of
idleness He worked hard at paint
ing and sculpture, and was accorded
high rank in artistic circles in Europe.
In his recreations, also, he had never
been willing to take second place. He
was an expert marksman with both
rifle and revolver, winning the revolver
championship of England for twelve
consecutive years and the duelling
pistol championship in Paris in 1908
He was a competitor at the Olympic
games in London in 1908 on the United
States team, and won the world s
championship with the hunting rifle
AS a huntsman he held the record in
stag and wild boar shooting. At the
Vienna Hunting Exposition in 1910 he
was the winner OF two gold medals for
the most representative group of big
game shot by one man, his exhibit com
prising sixty of the best head of all
kinds of game out of 1000 shot BY
himself.
Had Many Show Horses
Mr.. Winans was one of the most
prominent owners and exhibitors Of
show horses in England, and had par
ticipated in the International Horse
Show at London for many years
Among the best known horses he en-
hibited may be named: Cookers Roso-
dor in the hackney class, the winner of
six championships, who has been beaten
by but one horse-Radient, of Judge
Moores string. Proserpine. frequent
1 winner, shown in team with Cookers
Rosodor; a small hackney pair Ions
dale and Lonsborough, winners in
Bonnie View ard Rip. with whom he
took the first prize for roadsters and
the first prize for speed and action at
the London show, and who we're also
| first in pairs. and won the Vienna cur
for the best trotting horse at the
show.
With Cookers Rosodor and Proser-
pine and Lonsdale and Lonsborough
Mr.. Winans took first and second
prizes, respectively. in pair driving b,
owner. His trotter Bugle March, also
exhibited in New York, has been g
winner Of many hrsts in the riding
horse class; in 1908 ne was first at the
international show in London for high
school work Mr.. Winans had done
Bugle March in bronco the statue was
shown at the Royal Academy, and was
subsequently purchased by a Russian
noblernan.
Mr.. Winans was vice-president Of
the National Rife Association Of Eng
land, director Of the lnternationa
| Horse Show, member of the 1mperia
Yacht Club of St. Petersburg, which
was a part of the Russian naval re
serve, and a Chevalier of the Russian
Imperial Order of ST. Stanislaus. He
was a gifted linguist, speaking French
Russian, German and Italian, in ad
dltion to his native tongue.
He married in 1881 Miss Caroline
Rowland Belcher, daughter of DR.
Henry Belcher. They were the parents
of two sons and three daughters-Wil
helmina Louise, Eva, Julian Walter
Paul and Dorothy. The two sons came
to America in 1910 with the intention
of becoming American citizens. Mr.
Winans maintained a beautiful resi-
dence, Surrender Park, in the Kentisi
Coast country of southeastern England
and owned a stone house in Brussels
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