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ROYCE G MARTIN Well known sportsman succumbs at 69 Royce Martin Rites Will Be Held Today TodayMaster Master of Woodvale Farm Passed On After Seeing His Goyarno Run Fourth in Derby DerbyLEXINGTON LEXINGTON Ky May 3 Funeral serv ¬ ices will be held in Lexington Tuesday for Royce George Martin master of Woodvale Farm and prominent automobile equip ¬ ment executive who died here Saturday afternoon after watching his Goyamo run fourth in the Kentucky Derby DerbyFinal Final rites for Martin who was 69 will be conducted at 11 a m tomorrow at Christ the King Church in Lexington Burial will be at 3 p m in Cincinnati Ohio The body has been reposing over the week end at the family home at Woodvale Farm FarmIt It was presumed in some quarters here this morning that all of Martins thorough ¬ bred holdings would be sold but final word is not expected for some time timeAccording According to reports Martin who en ¬ tered St Josephs Hospital Thursday night after suffering a heart attack insisted on watching the eightieth running of the Derby at Churchill Downs on television against the advice of doctors He suc ¬ cumbed shortly after the race was run and it could not be learned whether he fully comprehended the result resultWoodvale Woodvale Farm manager Bob Bennett said today that all farm employes were deeply shocked by Martins death Many other turfmen in this sector also expressed their grief griefThird Third Derby Starter StarterGoyamo Goyamo is the third horse to have car ¬ ried Martins white and blue silks in the Kentucky Derby and came the closest to winning the fixture for the Toledo Ohio businessman His other Derby starters were Our Boots who finished eighth behind Whirlaway in 1941 and Halt fifth to Pon ¬ der in 1949 1949Like Like all the Martin racing stock Goyamo is a homebred The threeyearold son of Goya n Mother India won the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland April 22 and in hopes of breaking a Woodvale jinx both Our Boots and Halt also had won this race and win the Derby too Martin gave a half interest in the colt to Mrs W Alton Jones of New York wife of the head of Cities Service Inc IncMartin Martin was president and chairman of the board of the AutoLite Company of Toledo a leading manufacturer of auto ¬ mobile parts His racing interests were widespread being a director of Hialeah Park and of the Breeders Sales Company of Lexington in which he was especially active He also was a former chairman of the Ohio State Racing Commission CommissionMartin Martin was in the thoroughbred sport for less than 20 years and although the horses that raced in his name won more than a million dollars for him over the years his primary interest in racing was in the breeding phase Four stallions Our Boots Haltal Sport Page and Page Boots currently are in stud at the 388acre Woodvale establishment and Martin sent many of his 39 broodmares to leading out ¬ side stallions He was among the most prominent consignors to the yearling sales at Lexington and Saratoga each year but retained some for racing racingMartin Martin entered racing in 1935 when he purchased the original 300acre Woodvale farm from John T Ireland In 1948 how ¬ ever he expanded his operations by buying part of Charles Fishers Dixiana farm re ¬ naming the property Woodvale WoodvaleFor For the first three years after embarking embarkingContinued Continued on Page ThirtySix
