The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1901-02-22

All the SpppG III eI-t Li--'-tA.
la the lobby Of a hotel tie other
evening nu.ajel' OF lll< Il were discuss,
ing sports and sporting men When the
subject Of nerve and glit came ZIP. One
of the party. IA we'd known californian.
who knew .,LucNy" Baldwin in the Old
days. said:
baldwin was about the hardest man
10 le chseled out OF anything he set
his heart on getting that ever met up
with. \ whole let Of people tried to
put it OH him in business and other sort
of deals but none Of these ever sue
ceeded in catching Lucky BALDWIN
sufficiently asleep TO make their plans
stick.
"IIorsempn still talk about funny
game in which baldwin, figured on ore
Of lie Chicago race tracks number oI
wears AFRO. Baldwin had brought his
MAGNIFICENT string OF th0roCghbredS -
Chicago to make an effort to annex the
swell stakes that were then on tap Oh
the tracks in the windy town. and he
got them home first CT in the money III
many Of the biggest events. Well, he
had one Of his finest horses entered III
a valuable long distance event. and
Baldwin was particularly anxious to
win this race. not so much for the
purse eul Of il as for tie glory OF cap
turino tie stake. His horse iv@t about
figured to win too, ana Baldwin in
tended to no down tie li.ie OIL the AMI
mars chances. not GalE 1T the track
but at all OF tie biz p olr0oMs in the
country. lie stood TO c.gan up consld
erally more than $lG9G...9 on the horse
if tie brute Got under the Wire first
HalaWtl's regular stable jockey was
taken sick On tie mo. .lin2 OF the race.
and the old mal had to hustle around
for another hoy to r.ar his horse in the
big event From anoJlel' Eorseman he
bolmht for lie round sum the releas"
Of NIGH g"ade iGer, who Was to have
taken tie mount On Il Thoroughbred
that didn't figure to get near the money
ia tie stake race. Baldwin gave the
Jockey lis instructions as 10 the way
lie wanted the horse ridden. and then,
when the betting opened. his commits
sionprs dumped i,;idWin's money into
the ring in sucll large quantities that
the horse became an Overwhelming ia
voritp
"A uuarter of an h0ur before the
hcfsos were due II 20 70 tie post a
wen known hoohina<r to whom Bald
win had often evhihtvd Kindness in
lnas pro4pprovs days. I'll to where the
ca nan was standing, chewing 4
straw in his barn
".nahiNin said HE hpch.e TO tie
old man. there's . ieb to lnut ran and
You're going TO get beat they wanted
ne to 30 ~ wish '":l. El:t yoN'H" III
vars been Oh the level with re. and l
wouldn't stand for it The ring has
bought up your jock. and your horse
is going to be $nvtrued.'
"'Aluch obliged for t"!in" Il" that,
replied the old !Han. III just Hai.e
stab to see that the boy doesn't do any
sratchng though.
baldwin borrowed another Gun
from one Of his Stah,' hands in those
days he always carried one Of his own
about as l4lg as your ;iHm AVA with
bis artillery he strolled over the inield
and took Up his stand Us the fence
at the turn into the stretch lie hAGnt
mentioned TO anybody what he was 60
ing to do. and the folks who saw the
C.l man making for the stretch turn
simply thought that Baldwin wanted
to watch the race from that point or
view He did for that matter, but ne
ha3Dpnpl to have another end in view.
Well. the horses got away from the
pest ia IN even hunch, and then Bald
wins horse went nUt to make the run
nil1. The Jockeys idea was TO race
the hcr&es head off and then pull him
in tDp stretch, making it appear as II