Walter W. Winans
| File:Walter Winans.jpg Winans in 1910 | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Men's shooting | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1908 London | Double-shot running deer |
| Silver medal – second place | 1912 Stockholm | 100 m team running deer, single shots |
| Art competitions | ||
| Gold medal – first place | 1912 Stockholm | Sculpture |
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Walter W. Winans (April 5, 1852 – August 12, 1920) was an American marksman, horse breeder, sculptor, and painter who participated in the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] He won two medals for shooting: a gold in 1908 and a silver in 1912, as well as demonstrating the sport of pistol duelling in the 1908 Games.[2] He also won a gold medal for his sculpture An American Trotter at Stockholm in 1912. In addition, Winans wrote ten books.[3]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Walter Winans was born to Americans William Louis Winans (1823-1897) and Maria Ann de la Rue on April 5, 1852, at the Nikolaevsky Railway Works at St. Petersburg, Russian Empire. His father had a contract to build the first major railroad in Russia, for the Tsar, who famously took a ruler, drew a straight line on the map and declared, "This is my line for the railroad. Build it that way!" William and his brother Thomas (Walter's uncle) succeeded at the cost of thousands of lives of Russian serfs, and he became extraordinarily wealthy. William never returned to the US and settled in England. Walter lived in St. Petersburg until the age of 18, taking the oath of allegiance at the US Embassy before leaving for Kent, England.[4][5]
Walter and his brother Louis lived off their father's vast fortune while pursuing personal interests. Walter held hunting and shooting rights over nearly 250,000 acres (1,000 km2) in Glen Strathfarrar, Glen Cannich and Glen Affric in the Highlands of Scotland. Walter and his brother Louis had "unenviable notoriety" in the English press for their large-scale deer hunts, noted for the "shameful" wholesale slaughter of deer, where they employed sixty "gillies" (attendants) during hunting season.[5] In the 1901 edition of his book The Art of Revolver Shooting he favoured the Webley–Fosbery above other "automatic pistols," but it is not mentioned in the 1911 edition nor in the subsequent Automatic Pistol Shooting or The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot it.
In 1884 he prosecuted a Scotsman, Murdoch Macrae, for grazing a lamb on land owned by Winans. The failure of Winans' prosecution established the right to roam, which was a key element in opening British parklands to the public.[6]
In 1910 he sent several horses to the National Horse Show in Madison Square Garden in New York City.[7][8]
Winans range at the National Shooting Centre, Bisley, England is named after him.
Winans died in Parsloes Park, Dagenham, Essex, on August 12, 1920.[4]
Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- The Art of Revolver Shooting, New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1901 [Riling 1527]
- Hints on Revolver Shooting, New York: Putnam's, 1904 [Riling 1597]
- Practical Rifle Shooting, New York: Putnam's, 1906 [Riling 1630]
- The Sporting Rifle, New York: Putnam's, 1908 [Riling 1662]
- The Art of Revolver Shooting, Rev. Ed., New York: Knickerbocker Press, 1911 [Riling 1527 var.]
- Shooting for Ladies, New York: Putnam's, 1911 [Riling 1730]
- "Revolvers" – an article in Encyclopedia of Sports & Games in Four Volumes, Vol IV, published by The Sportsman (1912)
- Deer Breeding for Fine Heads (1913)
- Animal Sculpture (1914)
- Pistolen- und Revolverschiessen (1914) translation of The Art of Revolver Shooting, with amendments, by Dr. Maxim Goldberg
- Automatic Pistol Shooting, New York: Putnam's, 1915 [Riling 1806]
- The Modern Pistol & How to Shoot it, New York: Putnam's, 1919 [Riling 1884]
- How to Handle a Revolver London: Geo Newnes (pages 289 to 295 of CB Fry's Magazine Vol II 1904 to 1905)
- "Some Hints on Revolver Shooting in Competitions", an article in a book published in a "Book of Sports" (title to be confirmed) by Cassell's and Company of London in 1903 or 1904.
- How to Drive a Trotter, London: Geo Newnes (pp. 498–500 of CB Fry's Magazine Vol II 1904 to 1905)
See also
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External links
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- Works by Walter Winans at Project Gutenberg
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- 1852 births
- 1920 deaths
- 19th-century American painters
- 19th-century American male artists
- American male painters
- 20th-century American painters
- American male sport shooters
- Running target shooters
- Shooters at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Shooters at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in shooting
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in shooting
- Olympic gold medalists in art competitions
- Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American sculptors
- 20th-century American male artists
- 19th-century American sculptors
- American male sculptors
- Art competitors at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- American expatriates in the United Kingdom
- 20th-century American sportsmen