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BALTIMORE— Braulio Baeza, leading money winner in North America five times since 1965, will be inducted into the National Jockeys Hall of Fame during the traditional Alibi Breakfast at Pimlico Race Course May 20, the day before the 102nd running of the Preakness Stakes. The Panama-born rider was elected in March over four other top jockeys by a committee of 30 leading of ficials of racing organizations and publications in the United States and Canada. Baeza was awarded 80 points of a possible 145 by the committee. Trailing him in the balloting were Eric Guerin, with 51 points; Sandy Hawley, 48; Ralph Neves, 47, and Angel Cordero, 34. Baeza will be the 24th member of the Hall of Fame since the institution was initiated by the Maryland Jockey Club in 1955. The first to be enshrined were Eddie Arcaro, Earl Sande and George Woolf. Others in the Hall are Bill Shoemaker, Johnny Longden, Laffit Pinear, Isaac Murphy, Ted Sloan, Ted Atkinson, Johnny Adams, Walter Miller, Sonny Work man, Laverne’ Factor, Snapper Garrison, James McLaughlin, Mack Garner, Carroll Shilling, Johnny Loftus, Linus McAfee, Joe Notter, Steve Brooks, Bill Hartack and Jackie Westrope. Baeza came to the United States to ride in 1960. He was the money champion in 1965 through 1968 and again in 1975. He has won the Eclipse Award twice, in 1972 and 1975
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Hanover Evening Sun
Hanover, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, May 14, 1977
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