Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-08-12
WALTER W|NANS
DIES AT THE RACES
Noted Artist and Whip COL
lapses While Driving
Famous Mare
WINNER OF WORLD PRIZES
BY the Associated Press

London, Aug. 12.-Waltcr 'Winans.
widely known American resident OF
London, collapsed and died while driving
his horse, Henrietta Guy, in a race at
Parsloc's Park, this afternoon.
Mr.. Winans called out for his horse
to be stopped, but before this could be
done he fell off the suky. He was dead
when picked up.
Just before the finish of the trotting
race in which he was driving Mr.. WI
mans dropped the rpins and called out
Stop my horse" The horse continued
past the winning post and Winans
slipped from the seat dead as the ami
nal stopped.
Noted as painter. SCULPTOR. horseman
and lover of sports, Walter Winans
enjoyed wide popularity in Europe and
especially in England. where he spent
pendent means. he chose to devote him
self seriously to the pursuit of art, in
which he gained real distinction. His
hobby, however, was the horse. and his
prize winners in many classes won
celebrity on both sides of the Atlantic.
He was holding the reins over one
of these. Henrietta Guy, when his
career was suddenly terminated today.
lie was likewise a noted hunter of big
game and won several rife and re-
volver shooting championships.
Born in Petrograd. Russia. April 3,
1852, of American parentage, he was
grandson of Ross Winans. who con =
structed the Baltimore and Ohio Rail =
road, while his father, William Winans
early showed talent in the same line.
Walter Winans received his educa
tion under private tutors in Petrograd,
where his father was engaged in rail
road construction. He remained In
Russia until he was eighteen years old,
when his family moved to England. He
did not sacrifice his nationality, how
ever, taking the oath of allegiance at'the
United States legation in the Russian
capital and although the greater part
of his life was spent abroad he never
desired to be known otherwise than as
an American citizen. He was a com
petitor at the Olympic games in Lon
don in 1908 on the United States team
and won the worlds championship with
the hunting rifle.
Mr.. Winans' was one of the most
prominent owners and exhibitors of show
horses in England, and participated in
the International Horse Show at Lon
don for many years. Among the best
known horses he exhibited we're Cokers
Rosodor in the hackney class, the win
ner of six championships: Proscerplne,
"a frequent winner a small hackney
pair, Lonsdale and Lonsborough. win
ners in numerous events; and his trot-
ters, Bonnie View and Rip, with whom
he took the first prize for roadsters and
the first prize for speed and action at
the London show, and who were also
first in pairs. and won the Vienna cup
for the best trotting horse at show.
His trotter Bugle March, also exhibited
in New York. winner Of many firsts In
the riding horse class In september
last year he created two English trotting
records-the mile for a pair Of trot-
ters driven to wagon and flying
quarter mile open amateur wagon
record accompanied by pacemaker.
Driving his mare, Henrietta Guy, he
made the quarter in the remarkable
time Of SO los, the previous record
having been 40s.
Two of Mr.. Winans sons came to
America IN 1910 with the intention OF
becoming American citizens.
Mr.. Winans was a chevalier of the
Imperial Order of St. Stanislas of Rus
sia, commander of the Royal Spanish
Order of Isabel the Catholic and Of
the Crown of Rumania, and officer oi
the Star of Rumania.