Born in St. Petersburg, Russia to wealthy American parents, Walter Winans was known for his hunting, trotting-horse racing skills and realist sculpture of racehorses, cowboys and Indians.
As a recognized sculptor, he earned an Olympic gold medal in Stockholm in 1912 for his bronze, An American Trotter. Winans as a sharpshooter was described in Cybershooters, an internet source for sporting-gun enthusiasts, as "one of the greatest pistol shots of the late 19th and early (showing 500 of 7923 characters). |
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