Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-27

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ment since he first saw the peep Of day.
almost eighty years ago. Lucky" isn't
the kina of man. you know, to sit idle while
the procession of life is flowing by says
the San Francisco Chronicle. He always
had a liking to turn right into the swirl
current and vet to see him To-Day save
for the soitened voice that comes Will aee'
YOU would hardly realize that mere
man who went to California IN the CAY
eos. who existed through all OF the
element that pertained to the laouious
mining deals and who was one OIL inc IA %
CaIjfornians to have the nerve 10 seho
blg stable of sunset-bred youngsters ~
the east. o, ybo has
-, his fortunes in the turn OF a manu- VI
the tick of a clock who has lost Iai &c - Po,
tIons of those fortunes, only 10 Ies1 liz d;n o
again is contented to discuss t.as ~ thai
Of this wearing or the chances OF tha.
ono Rut don't imagine that Luchy n
lost his ambition. He has always nai net Let
than his share of the real Anetican aHla he
the sbadow of most mems lives, II Is ooz.
ing out in the form of dreams OF Ihe n,Is =.
race track on the Pacific slope. L uGny
or castles Of wears ago of the uppuiim,,,li.e
az s 800 arc about to be realized. rms
is what the old man is waiting tor' anu II
ANYBODY tells you that he VIII let - h his
until he has seen for hltnseIl 49, he
dmeen't know what he's talking about.
Truly a Western Man.
ruckv" Baldwin has a merry swing to
If : name that came out of the west
.,,rnorted nv a man who is truly western,
Co. bis birth in Ohio the name and
tb,. narsonaIitv behind it did more to es-
tab,isb the fact to the men across the
pocLies that there was a California, that
there were gold mines and race horses 'hal
any other factor. l., many,
baldwin has softened down In many
,a1.s Time has left its touch on him, but
If has not taken the fire from his eye nor
the character from his race. IS liz;
enough to tell, once you nave i seui Nth
why he has had name 10 conJ"tS W
II was born in him. But for all that' ne
is easy to approach, affable OF manner ; anu
willing to engage in conversation leaui., .
I'm the past. Not that ne llNes -. roigIt
of long ago OF mouths oNOi
obio the state of presidents, claims the
honor of being the birthplace Oh tie iii Iai
who was later to astound the world Dy ms
marvellous ability to turn nothlns INTO
gold. Six miles outside the city oil Haii III
ton lived the Balwln family BaloWlh' 81 :,
was wealthy farmer, as Wealln was
counted in those days. He had what Can !.
fornians would call good ranch, ana ~, !.
was there his boys got their start. ne
old man, it appears, had VI. u had so o,ns
blood in his makeup, for ne hau soI,ie
sbIftv performers on four legs, ana the
younger Baldwin came by his liking Tor the
sport of kings honestly ,o,.
"'There was one thing that had great
deal to do with our future. said Lucky
as he unused over the past. Father gave
each of us boys piece of lana. we Soulu
do ANYTHING with it that We wanted TO-
raise any kind of crops and the profits
were all ours. That was great tnng.
1t was the best education We could nave
desired"
But the Baldwins did { stay for any
length of time In Ohio, after the growing
up of the family. They moved into the
northern part of Indiana, race horses ana
ALL Those were troublous times. Black
Hawk marched his army close to the bald
win family and Lucky, with he balance or
the crowd, was moved into nearby tort
or stockade for safety. Fate didn nave
any intention of permitting this fifteen
year-old boy to be scalped. Nothing like
that So the Black Hawk wave Of terror
passed by on the other side. 49,
How did you make your nrst money!
II bought and traded horses on the In
diana prairies until had S1OO came the
answer. Then had something to go on.
"And I suppose you did some racing
when you were a youngster?
Beats Chicago Sharps.
IT have had horses ever since was
eighteen years old. The first race l was
ever interested in? Let me see. I'll have to
tell you a story to explain that. We were
living in Indiana at the time. I had
pretty fair sort Of a horse and he could
70 some One day a couple of fellows from
Chicago drove up and asked for food. They
had a nag that looked as If he had seen his
best days about the time of the ark, and
the trappings were not much better.
Finally they wanted to see what We
had in the way of horses and suggested a
race That suited me. They bet everything
but the clothes on their backs. ! rode my
own horse and Won They came way out
there to play me for a sucker. but all the
same had to stake them to enough to get
them back home"
And Baldwin actually chuckled as he
soned experts In the game of graft who
lamb out of house and home.
There was the start Of his luck-the ele-
ment that gave him his name.
Racine, Wis, saw Lucky" for brief
time, while he ran a general merchandise
store and sold knitting needles to the old
ladies and farming tools and plug-cut to-
bacco to the men. But the gold fever got
him in its grasp, and as he had brother
who was picking up few shekels in Cali
fornia. he just had to come and see for
himself.
1t was on August 10, 1853, to be exact,
that he landed in San Francisco.
First He Gets a Hotel.
He had a bit Of money at the time and
started in the hotel business. People had to
eat and Baldwin was shrewd enough to see
his opening After two weeks he sold out
for 5000, and since then he has had a
busy old life OF It.
The Santa Anita ranch was the turning