The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-01
BALD " In
PASSES
AW WAY
After Gallant Fight for
Life, Famous Turfman
Surrenders


Baldwin. the famous plunger and tu.r
man, known throughout this country
and Europe as Lucky" Baldwin. died
at his residence In Arcadia on tho
celebrated Baldwin Ranch" fifteen
miles from Los Angeles, at z o'clock
this morning. He was 81 years old.
The end came after lingering illness
OF several weeks. He passed quietly
away surrounded by his family and
friends after having been unconscious
most OF the night. At his bedside
this morning were Mrs. Baldwin, their
daughter. a niece and other rea-
tives.
The illness which finally resulted
In the death Of Baldwin began on TeD.
3. At that time he experienced a SER
ious sinking spell nearly resulting in
his death, but from which he finally
rallied and made a gallant fight Tor
life. Previous to this attack. how
ever, he had suffered for several weeks
with influenza and had refused to
be attended by physician. and when
DR. ]. w. Trueworthy, of this city.
was called on the night OF February 2.
he found Baldwin much enfeebled and
In q highly nervous condition.
The wonderful vitality OF the aged
millionaire and his grim determiua.
tion to get on his feet again. carried
him through several occurrences OF
the heart trouble. but he grew weaker
ond less able TO resist the next one.
At the time Mr. Baldwin was first
seriously stricken. Mrs. BALDWIN.
whom he married twenty-three years
ago when she was but 16 years OF
rye, was in Sacramento and did not
learn Of her husbands serious condi-
tion until two days later. She then
hastened to his bedside, and has been
in almost constant attendance from
that time until the end. For the great
er part OF The twenty-three years o.
her married life Mrs. Baldwin has re-
NAMED in San Francisco, while Bald
win has divided his time between
his ranch at Santa Anita and the north.
Sometimes he has been at Lake t.,
hoe, others In Alaska and again IN
San Francisco. He preferred Santa
Anita. however. and one Of the great
est ambitions Of his life was to sec
the race track there become the great
est in the country.
No man identified with horse-breed.
ing and the racing Of thoroughbreds
was more widely known through the
country than E J. Uucky) Baldwin
Even the weight OF his 81 years did
not suffice to diminish his interest
In matters pertaining to the turf. and
while horses bred by his trainers were
winning races on distant tracks. the
owner Of the vast estate near Los An.
geles lived the luxurious life of an
old Spanish don. with an army OF EN-
ployes and retainers, with one OF the
few great race tracks of the country
almost at his door and with towns
and settlements Transforming the ap
pearance of the great domain that ha2
hecome one Of the show-places o'
Southern California.
Lucky" Baldwin was born on a
farm six miles outside of Hamion, Ills.
and on his fathers estate he acquired
the taste for fast horses that made his
familiar figure at many a track. Dur
Ing his boyhood, the family moveo
into Indiana, and then to Racine, Wis
consin. where he engaged In the mer
cbandise business. Attracted by the
tales Of fortune made and lost In the
gold fields of California, Baldwin sole
out and came to San Francisco ir
1853
Almost from the first his ventures
were attended with the success thai
won him the sobTiquet by which he Is
best known in the west. He first ac
qulred hotel, which, after two week:
OF management, he sold for $4,000. He
found frequent opportunity TO indulge
his fancy for horses when he later re
turned to tho cast with considerable
fortune, and 1t was at Saratoga, while
watching the races, that he decided tc
acquire a stable of his own. Many o
his earlier purchases were made II
the ring, afte: he had cashed bet OF
the animal he favored. GrimStead ant
Rutherford were two OF his horses pur
chased in this manner. BY the time
his string was complete, he began II
attract the attention OF the racing pub
tic Dy his lOUS IeCOIu VI SlCtciiCo. ii'
won the American Derby four times
with the Emperor OF Norfolk. Silver
Cloud. Volante and Rey Ell Santa An
ita In Saratoga. during one season
he captured fifteen of the twenty-five
stake events in which he had entries
II was during this period that hii
horses were ridden by Isaac Murphy
then as we'll known jockey as wal
Baldwin among owners. On many oc
casions. hiss commissioners wageret
and won or lost fortunes ON single
race, and one of his greatest coup'
was the winning of $4,000 at Ion,
odds on a mare called Molly"
When he finally determined TO set
tie in California and establish
breeding farm that was to rival thu
immense establishment of James Bel
All Haggin, his possessions we're scat
tered up and down the length OF th'
state. He purchased the ranch at san
To Anita for 100000 and built
splendid hotel at the southern end o