Show I Baldwins Rider CHICAGO July l1The most important impor-tant event to turfmen at Washington Park yesterday even exceeding in interest in-terest the races of the day was the an noaiicemeut that Lucky Bal win the California millionaire had by a bold stroke secured for the next two years the services of the best jockey in America Isaac Murphy paying thc th-c lored Archer a retaining fee of 5000 for each season The fact that negotiations had been in progress was known to a select few but the matter mat-ter was kept so profoundly secret that i no hint of it had leaked out until the necessary pApers had been signed Murphy Mur-phy ha fortwo years been retained by Ed Corrigan his fee in a season being 1000 but Baldwin has been for sometime some-time anxious to ecure him at almosi any price The Baldwin stable in point of qiihtyis the best in the country and now that a firstclass jockey has been secured only a competent trainer is needed to make it succes sf ul |