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GEORGE WALKERS SUCCESS ABROAD Memphis Tenn January U During the six years that he trained horses in Germany and Austria George Walker who is now in tills country won for his employers an aggregate of 3300000 marks in purses and stakes stakesTwo Two triumphs in the German Derby a pair of vio tories in the Grand Prix of Baden and two Futurities of the German turf were won by Walker in the course of his work for the Weinbcrg Bros Such valuable prizes as the Kaisers Shield a trophy of ¬ fered by the German emperor and other notable fix ¬ tures were won Walker has a trophyroom well supplied with silver cups tea sets plates and other souvenirs awarded by the sentimental Germans to the trainer of the successful horse Walker horseWalker was the first American to win a German Derby With Fels he won the German Derby of 1JOG and repeated in 1007 with Desir American jockeys and American assistants in almost every re ¬ spect shared in Walkers success as Willie Shaw had the mount on Desir while Winnie OConnor piloted Fels FelsDuring During the heyday of the western turf Walker won many turf events He trained Derby winners for J W Schorr winning the St Louis Derby twice with Sam Phillips and Silverdale the Crescent City with Memlowthorpe and Presbyterian the Tennessee with Lieber Karl and the California with Jo Frey FreyIn In 1S0 he saddled the winners of more than J20 races a feat which he followed up In 1S9T with 118 successes
