Peter Winants, a man who loved sport, sporting literature and art, died May 18, following a long illness. He was 82.

Mr. Winants, Rectortown, Va., was born in Baltimore, Md., July 21, 1926, son of Garet Winants and Frances Leigh Bonsal Winants. His father died when he was 5, and his mother later married renowned Maryland horseman S. Bryce Wing.