Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1901-02-22
lie WON lin CANrER
"LUcEY" BALDWIN MADE HlsJocKEY
RIDE SQUARE.

The Toraeman Used nm Argument
That Madc rookie nides's
Tecta Chatter While Hc Got Out
All speed In tle Animal.
In the lobby OF a hotel the other
evening a number OF men were discuss
ing sports and sporting men when The
subject Of nerve and grit came up. one
OF the party. q we'll known Californian.
who knew Lucky" Baldwin In the old
days, said:
baldwin vas nbout The hardest nan
TO be chiseled out Of anything he set
his heart On getting that I ever met up
with. 4 whole lot of people tried to
pat il Oh him IN business ana other SOFT
OF deals. but none OF these ever ste
cceded in catching Lucky Baldwin
sufficiently asleep to make their plans
stick.
"uorscnlan still talk about a funny
game Ia which Baldwin figured on one
Of the Chicago race tracks n number Of
years ago. Baldwin had brought his
magnificent string Of thoroughbreds to
Chicago to make an effort to annex the
swell stakes that were then Oh tap OIL
the tracks In the windy town, and he
got them home FIRST or la the money in
many of the biggest events. Well. he
had ere OF his finest horses entered In
a valuable long distance event, AMI
Baldwin was particularly anxious to
win this race, not so much for the
purse end OF II as for the glory of cap
-. . 4 10. -AaH.A VW4- hoo, Ft=aA nNanVaN
figured 10 win, too, and Baldwin ln-
tended to go down the line on the ami
mails chances, not only at the track,
but at all Of the Big poolrooms in the
country. lie stood to clean TIP consid-
crahly more than S1GO,0cO on the horse
IL tie brute got under the wire first.
Baldwin's regular stable jockey was
taken sick ON TIE morning of the race.
ana the cid man had to hustle around
for another boy TO ride his horse in the
big event. From another borseman he
bought for a big round sun the release
OF q high grade rider. who was TO have
taken tie mount on a thoroughbred
that didn't figure to get near the money
In the stake race. Baldwin gave the
jockey his instructions az to the way
he wanted the horse ridden. and then,
when the betting opened, his conmis-
sloners dumped Baldwln's money into
the ring IN such large quantities that
the horse became an overwhelming "a
vorlte.
a. quarter of an hour before the
horses were dGe 60 go to the post d
well known bookmaker, to whom Bald.
win had often exhibited kindness IL
less prosperous days. ran to where the
cid man was standing, chewing O
straw. in his barn.
baldwin, anid the bookie TO tht
old man. there's Il job 10 bent you. ant
you're going TO get beat. They wanted
me to 70 in with EN-. but you've nj
ways been on the level with ne. and
wouldn't stand for it. The ring hat
bought up your Jock. and your Eors,
Is going TO be snatcbed.'
"AIuch obliged for telling me that,
replied The old man. III just make
stab to see that the boy doesn't Go an.
! scratching, though
baldwin Borrowed another gui
from one of bis stable hands 0n thoa
days tie always carried one of his owl
about rs long as your ARM, and witt
his artillery lie strolled yer the inficl
ana took up his stand by the ferc
q. the turn into the stretch. He hadn'
mentioned 10 anybody what he was SC
lns to do, and the folks who saw til
old mar making for the stretch tur
simply thought inst Baldwin wante
to watch the race from that point q
view. lie did. for that matter. but h
happened to have another end in view
"Yoll. the horses got away from tn
post in an oven bunch. and then Bale
wins horse went out to make the ruI
ming. Tho Jockeys idea was to raC
the horses head Off and then pull hill
in the stretch. making 1t appear as
the animal had tired. Baldwin la
= instructed the jock to play a waitin
game and make his bid toward the iii
Ish. The Lorsc simply outclassed h
J company, however. and he didn't sho'
any indications OF leg WEAKNESS wha
ever ms he rounded the bNckstretch G
the rail a couple of lengths in front
+ his field. Baldwin could see, howeve
i that the crooked jock was saving Il
horses head of in his effort to tai
$ him back to the ruck. When the hors'
u were still a hundred feet from hir
Baldwin let out a yell TO attract h
s Jockeys attention. and then he fasht
his two guns In the sunlight and baw
cd at the jock;
y "'Leggo that horses bend. you mo
key devil, and so On aud win or 1
shoot you so fun Of holes that yC
won't hold molassesH
y The jock gave one look Mt those tv
guns that Baldwin was pointir
l. straight ut him. Then he gave Bal
wins horse his head. sat down TO ri,
for all that was In him, and the hor
under him cantered IN ten lengths
+ the good on the bit. As long as Luck
u Baldwin was on the eastern turf aft
u that no Jockey even tried to yank Of