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TRAINER ROLLINS- DEPLORABLE DEATH. .*k, January is The well known hsaM Walter . Kollin-. killed biuiH If lu his home I Iu the Bronx Ibis morning Ile was found de.i.l I in the bathroom of hi. residence, having shot blSSJsM " In ll„ b .id. Worry SSSf the death of his wife a 1 fe* 1. 11. 1, lb* ago i- said to have caused him to 1 cfiiiiiiiI aoicidi "i his intimate friends lielieve thai hi- ill h. alt!, for tin- past Severn I years had made ■ Jj 1 ill ibs|-.ielenl. Waller Itoliius was well known to all the eastern 1 colony of horsemen for twenty years and more. He trained the winner of the tirst Suburban llamlbtip Qcswral Monroe, lor B. I. MelOlmecl in ISSI. IMa was the beginning of his success as 11 trainer. Ills coiiuecllon .with the Oneck Stable was of I long standing. Srr Walter ran many tine races In I the "purple, gold squares" of the stable. Sir , Walter was thin in the Brooklyn Handicap of 1 lStll. third again lu Ws llnallv winning it In IMiii. defeatiug ClIITord and St. Mavlm. Ilerberl. a good handicap horse for several years, was owned I BJ Mr. Kollins. :liid his second to Africander In the Suburban of I.Xli: Is memorable. Some years ago the dead turfman hecaiue alarmed oer the state of his health, sold Ills place til Like wood, gave up racing and spent a year in 0saSra4Sv Ile then returned to New York aud lived quietly 1 at his home in the Bronx.
