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Royce Martin Funeral Will Be Held Today TodayOwner Owner B Breeder Succumbed After Watching Goyamo Run in Derby DerbyContinued Continued from Pago Three Threeon on his new venture Martin was not an active participant on the racing scene He sent his first racing string out under the care of trainer Steve Judge in 1938 win ¬ ning 10 races and 7895 He did not race the following season nor in 1944 and 1945 but in his 14 seasons of competition his horses won 237 races and 1268103 in purses including the 2500 Goyamo earned for his fourth in the Derby DerbyMartins Martins best year was 1948 when his racers brought home a total of 213085 on 19 victories 22 seconds and 19 thirds He was among the 20 leading owners last year with 165734 and thus far in 1954 the Woodvale horses have gleaned 94040 most of it by Goyamo GoyamoProbably Probably Martins outstanding racer over the years was Our Boots who was voted best twoyearold of 1940 inthe annual poll conducted by DAILY RACING FORM and The Morning Telegraph A highlight of the twoyearold racing that year were the duels between Our Boots and Calumet Farms Whirlaway who went on to win the immortalityOur Triple Crown and turf immortality Our Boots defeated Mr Longtail twice in four meetings in 1940 including a smashing triumph in the Belmont Futurity Whirlaway got his revenge as a threeyear old the following year however taking the Kentucky Derby while Our Boots was far out it itOther Other prominent racers to carry the Martin silks were Halt Sport Page Page Boots Our Page Marta Halsgal and Hal tal Among the stakes which his horses won were the Futurity Miss America Handicap Ladies Handicap Spinaway Stakes and East View Stakes His trainer in recent years succeeding Steve Judge has been W C Woody Stephens StephensMartin Martin was born in Clint Tex on June 7 1884 Orphaned at the age of 9 he moved to Chicago where he completed his schooling and received his first training in mechanics working in a toolshop He re ¬ turned to Texas some years later and be ¬ came a close friend and associate of the Mexican rebel leader Pancho Villa After several years he went into business in Texas and rapidly acquired control of one corporation after another his rise in the business being climaxed in 1934 when he merged his MotoMeter Corp with Auto Lite and assumed the presidency of the multimillion concern In his 20 years at the helm he has increased sales from 14000000 to 272000000 last year supply ¬ ing parts for 11 of the 19 makes of U S automobiles automobilesMartins Martins wife who actively shared her husbands interest in racing died in 1950 Two daughters and six grandchildren survive surviveFollowing Following is the racing record of Wood vale Farm Year 1st 2nd 3rd AmtWon 1938 10 12 10 7895 1939 NO record 1940 18 12 11 86481 1941 23 11 14 197i7036 1942 6 5 11 21185 1943 5 1 3 9255 1944 No record J 1945 NO record 1946 5 3 4 I 16635 858 S33725 19 22 19 2l 085 31 22 18 113iS5 22 27 21 95S50 33 28 19 1366C5 23 22 16 14723ll 25 25 24 165734 9 83 237 202 181 1268103 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 Goyamq Run Fourth in Derby DerbyLEXINGTON LEXINGTON Ky May 3 Funeral serv ¬ ices will be held in Lexington Tuesday for Royce George Marten 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 alb 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 embarkingContmuerf Contmuerf on Page ThirtySix
