Show NOTED TAKEN BY DEATH Lucky Baldwin Passes Away at Famous Breeding Ranch in California GALLANT FIGHT FOR LIFE FOURSCORE YEARS TOO MUCH OF HANDICAP FOR PLUNGER Los Angeles March 1 Ellas J Bald Baldwin Baldwin Baldwin win the famous plunger and known throughout the Country and Eu Europe Europe Europe rope as Lucky Baldwin died at his residence In Arcadia on the celebrated I Baldwin ranch fifteen miles from Los Angeles at 7 I this morning He H was SI 81 years old The end came after a lingering illness of several weeks He Be passed quietly away surrounded by his family and friends after having been un um most of oC the night At his I Ii tj t l lELIAS ELIAS J LUCKY BALDWIN The famous California norseman who died at his home near Los Angeles yesterday bedside this thi morning were Sirs Mrs Bald Baldwin Baldwin Baldwin win their daughter a niece and other relatives The illness which finally resulted In Inthe Inthe inthe the death of Baldwin began on Feb 2 At that time he experienced a serious sinking spell spoil nearly resulting in his death but from wHIch he finally ral rallied rallied rallied lied and made a gallant fight for tor life lICe Previous to this attack however howe cr he had suffered for several weeks with in influenza Influenza and had refused to be attended by b a physician and when Dr J W of this city was called caned on the night of oC Feb 2 he found Baldwin much enfeebled and in a highly nevrous nerous condition Battled for Life The wonderful vitality of tile the aged abed millionaire and his grim determination to get on his feet teet again carried him through several recurrences of the heart trouble but he grew weaker and less able to resist the next one oneAt oneAt oneAt At the time Mr Ir Baldwin was first seriously stricken Mrs Baldwin whom he married twentythree 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 hastened to his bedside and has been his almost constant attendant from that time until the end For the greater part of the twentythree years ears of her married life Mrs Irs 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 andone an anone andone one of the greatest ambitions of his life was sas to see sec the race track there become the greatest In the tile country Sportsman to the Last Lasto No o man identified with horse breed breeding breedIng breeding ing and the racing of thoroughbreds was more widely known throughout the country than E J Baldwin Even Een the weight wel ht of oC his one years did not suffice to diminish his interest on mat matters matters matters pertaining to the turf and while horses bred by his trainers were win winning winning ning races on distant tracks the owner of or the vast ast estate near Los Angeles lived lIed the luxurious life lICe of an old Span Spanish SpanIsh ish don with an army of and retainers with one of the few tew great groot race tracks of the country countr al almost almost almost most at his door and with towns and settlements ettlel transforming the appear appearance appearance appearance ance of the great domain that has be become become become come one of oC the show places of south southern southern ern era California Call Cornia Lucky Baldwin was born on a farm Carm six miles outside of or Hamilton Ill III and andon an anon andon on his fathers estate he lie acquired the taste for fast hortes that made his a d familiar figure at many a track Dur During DurIng During ing his boyhood the family moved Into Indiana and thence to Racine Wis where he engaged In the merchandise business Attracted by the tales of for fortunes fortunes fortunes tunes made and lost m la n the gold fields of California Baldwin Baldin sold out and came to San Ean Francisco In 1853 1851 Success Su cess From Beginning Almost from front the first fint his ventures were attended with the success that won him the sobriquet by which tIe lie is best known in the west He first ac acquired acquired acquired a hotel which after two weeks of o management ho he sold for Cor He lie If found frequent opportunity to Indulge his fancy for tor horses when he later re rc returned returned turned to the east with a considerable fortune and it was wan was at Saratoga while watching the races that he decided to acquire a stable of his own Many MIny of ot othis his earlier purchases were made in In the tho ring after he had cashed a bet or o 0 the theone theone theone one which he favored Grimstead and Rutherford were we two ot t horses pur put purchased purchased chased in this manner Bythe Byth e string was complete he began to attract the attention of or the racing public by hs lila h I long record of victories He Ho won the American derby four times with tile the Emperor of oC Norfolk Silver Sliver Cloud Vo Yo Yolante lante iante and Rey del Santa Anita In ear Sar Saratoga ato a during one season leason he captured fifteen of oC the five stake events in which he had entries It was during this period that his horses wore ridden by Isaac Murphy then as a Jockey jocke as was Baldwin among own owners ers ats On many occasions o his commis commissioners commissioners wagered and won or lost for fortunes fortunes fortunes tunes on a single le race and one or his Ills greatest coups was the winning of oC 62 I at long iong odds on a 2 mare called ailed Molly Santa Anita Breeding Farm When he finally finall determined to settle SEttie in California and establish a breeding farm Carm that was to rival the immense establishment of James Ben All AU Hag Haggin haggin gin his possessions were scattered up and down the tile length of the state Ht lie purchased the ranch at Santa Anita for and built a splendid hotel at atthe atthe atthe the southern end of Lake Tahoe and andin andin andIn in San Francisco ho lie built and established established the hotel and theatre that bore his name namo Mining ventures In Nevada added materially to his fortune and his older acquaintances Include many fig figures figures figurea ures urea made rich and notable through the tho Comstock Mr tr Baldwin was twice married His Hla first wife bore him two daughters daughten Mrs Irs Clara Clam Stocker and Mrs Anita Mc Me McClaughry McClaughry Clau wife of the assistant post postmaster postmaster postmaster master of or San Francisco His second wife who was Miss Bennett Bonnett is still living Fortune of The fortune left by Lucky Bald Baldwin Baldwin Baldwin win is estimated by H A 0 Unruh his manager at It may be a tl million or two on either side of or this sum Little is known l of or the details derails de of the will left l rt by the noted dis disposing disposing disposing posing of this tills vast sum sura It Is certain however that his wife and daughters have been liberally provided ded for but no announcement has been made e re ye regarding garding his other othor bequests Many ru rumors rumors mors more of impending contests of the will have haye been rife during Baldwins Illness but they have not yet appeared In tan tangible tangible tangible gible form torn It Is reported that the will contains a specific statement denying the existence of more than a single widow thus providing against a possible possible ble bJ contest from that th t direction |