The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-02

bedside this morning were Mrs. Bald
win. their daughter, a niece and other
relatives.
The illness which finally resulted in
the death of Baldwin began on Feb. 2.
At that time ne experienced a serious
sinking spell. nearly resulting in his
death, but from which he finally rail-
lied and made q gallant fight for life.
Previous to this attack, however, he
had suffered for several weeks with in
f1uenza and had refused to be attended
by a physician, and when DR.. ]. W.
Trueworthy of this city was called on
the night Of Feb 2, he found Baldwin
much enfeebled and in a highly nervous
condition.
Rattled for Life.
The wonderful vitality Of the aged
millionaire and mis- grim determination
to get on his feet again carried him
through several occurrences of the
heart trouble, but he grew weaker and
less able to resist the next one
At the time MT. Baldwin was first
seriously stricken, Mrs. Baldwin. whom
he married twenty-three years ago
when she was but sixteen years of age,
was in Sacramento and did not learn
of her husbands serious condition until
two days later. She then FASTENED to
his bedside and has been his almost
constant attendant from that time until
the end For the greater part of the
twenty three years of her married life,
Mrs. Baldwin has remained in San
Francisco. while Baldwin has divided
his time between his ranch at Santa
Anita and the north. Sometimes he
has been at Lake Tahoe. other times in
Alaska and again in San Francisco.
He preferred Santa Anita, however, and
one of the greatest ambitions of his life
was to see the race track there become
the greatest in the country
Sportsman to the Last.
No man identified with horse breed
ing and the racing of thoTOughbreds
was more widely known throughout the
country than f. J. Baldwin. Even the
weight of his eighty-one years did not
suffice TO diminish his interest on mat
ters pertaining to the turr, and while
horses bred by his trainers were win
ming races on distant tracks, the owner
of the vast estate near Los Angeles
lived the luxurious life of an old Span
ish don. with an army of employees
and retainers. with one of the few
great race tracks of the country al
most at his door and with towns and
settlements Transforming. the appear
ance of the great domain that has be
come one of the show places of south
ern California.
Lucky Baldwin was born on farm
six miles outside of Hamilton, Ill, and
on his fathers estate he acquired the
taste for fast horses that made his q
familiar figure at many a track. Dur
ing his bcyhood the family moved into
Indiana, and thence tc Racine. Wis.
where he engaged in the merchandise
business Attracted by the tales OF for
tunes made and lost IN the gold fields
of California, Baldwin sold out and
came to San Francisco in 1883.
Success From Beginning.
Almost from the first his ventures
were attended with the success that
won him the sobriquet by which he Is
best known in the west. He first ac-
quIred a hotel, which, after two weeks
Of management, he sold for 5000. He
found frequent opportunity TO indulge
his fancy for horses when he later re-
turned to the east with a considerable
fortune, and It was at Saratoga, while
watching the races. that he decided to
acquire a stable of his own. Many of
his earlier purchases were made in the
ring. after he had cashed a bet or the
one which he favored. Crimstead and
Rutherford were two OF his horses pur-
chased In this manner. BY the time his