New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-21
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ia, lhe,r phud osal Without tot ~ h'ndienc' ""' eve"
.,, un,,, ,ao,,cn N he law, whore periodically 70.
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We ,.el,ria, cav wc,c iup, i'anh molo bold ond nn.
,,.,of ,,,iha,iss committed aud hoaul ,c' profanity
,.l,ie,A ,n tn,lne tho 'or az dry houtp upon
.,a a,,nud she tun Race Ccu,ac than would have oomo
,ricc ru, Motive doios whole ,eata rsulcn,c IN this
Cav,
>,s,le, was Dc IA, appointed Cc, she orcu,us OF The
Saus kavga at tho luon Ea,r tou'pc. II, ~ oi"'e
ihc nc,l, ,on.peN hogan 30 auNo apon Che ground !"
,,,> ccurct, able ,cNc,c, 0em tho heah loa "'n""
rr,t,ut,ou. hni,hc, cart Soon onor O'Clock
,Nc race ,,aia arrived and the already nuwcrow rr"~d
wss swclcd, ppltujN Tho majority Of lh''o We"
r,,,N.ss,,nal rs,nhcis tho,ca aud common hnoRlcg'
With h,,r and ihcre sptnklns vt professions" ht"''f'
ami cmistau, ranuc,s from lhc hatory Whitehall aud
Ani,ca locsics wlc in he con,er Of the ''"nc were
humorous ,stas,e d,d w'o what 90 ar' 'igh appeared
q, h, uitnil, irosscd adcs rhoac. together with
a. sy, ,,,s aud ncsrocs ami r'ciN numerous attend
,,,, ,f .,,cr, horns who had vnnc e. "scc life, ccns
,,l with tcr exceptions ,bc company who were yc"'cr
sev If iho Mon Course.
A, ar,un the cntraucc - the stands under sheds aud
in che cpcn nir within aud without the mclosdro were
0,ahlc.urecfs. Nw,at.horrs and monte and roulette
tables IN Nu operation lie, stop awhile and observe
.eiuc of ,hc tricks Of the hna,ca Hero comes jolly
ho, m dll, AGED man foN, troubled with money and
and uacAcd Tie stops Opposite OF the emahc knight"
f the rca and ,hmhs and curously watches hi" ninblc
eircrs as he airoy shifts tie position OF the little bit of
s,,n,c from one thnhc another. repeating oil the
ume in the baudo>t tonc, " llhcianncgcnlmn ten or
twenty dollars lie can clmowh cup the ic Joker ~
under and concludes by assuring them that is under
some particular ,hruhle which he specifies
"ponc. III ~ you ten dollars says a voice from be-
lrG sn imposing mrsaohc and beard ." who's u rake
W tie cup
WHY the gCunm bots. 81 course, replies nc "i the
,hmbl,s. Il amt nothin 10 dc with IT,
Mustaehc asks the Jolly looking gentleman 10 hold the
stakes which lie olccrily complies with and then Sng
gts.s 10 musiaohc tha, he the pea under such hm
be The oiler replies that he is mistaken and in proof
takes M the ,hbc undcrnea, which the sponge really
e. aud rockets the stakes The stakeholder looks with
admiration upon the superior sagacity OF his new conf
s,n,. and forthwith they watch the game mustacho
telling him with uucriug certainty where the pea every
time and occasionally betting, and invariably winning
the stakes.
Inc Jolly cen,lcuau j. strongly imbued with the belief
tbat he could tell as easily aud surely his new friend
where the ball IT, belief by the bye, which his friend
,sls Good care TO encourage. He bets and wins. lie
bets again and loses and every time thereafter he is
loser AZ length oil his money is gone; his friend suggests
the currency Of his watch No. he not quite prepared
for that lie watches the game still closer by this time
black musaches are betting and invariably winning All
This time his friend urges him to bet and an nducemen
otors 70 bet nj The same time with him. At this moment
the proprietor of the ,hnbe has his attention diverted
and for the moment turns his head away musache lifts the
thmbe and blows away the ball Then, turning to his
companion he says Now, your time to bet.
Oh God bless my SOUL no that's not fair he whisp-
CHS in reply But his scrupes overcome by his com
pauon who assures him that the proprietor of the Thin
L.. ArI nj lnnfffh ll al
s TO bet bis watch against hundred dollars that the pea
i not under either of the thmbes. This the thimbeman
indignantly rejects and, in vndicaon Of his honor he
lifts tbmbe; TO- It not there he lifts another with the
seue result which much delights the Jolly gentleman, who
is moved TO hearty laughter thcreat Whereupon the pro-
pretor of the thimbles offers TO Observation-Disclosures
"dolas its under that thmble Ut was from beneath
this tlnbe that the sponge was removed by mus
tschel The Jolly gentleman offers his watch against a
hundred dollars that il is not His watch, however, is
worth in the estimation Of the gambler not more than
soyentyve; upon which mustache generously lends him
the remaining twenty-five All this time the crowd press
around the gambss and their victim, while the
himbleman vocferously protests that 1t Is the
ooishest bet he ever heerd the gcnmnlbesure to
lose But the gentleman thinks otherwise and puts up
the stakes lifts up the thimble, and amazement-the
suonge is there and he las lost He is cleaned out and
his loss only exces an upoarous laugh from the crowd
;,oaoined were accompes with the thimble man; and
when he lifted the thmble and blew away the sponge, he
left another piece underneath in replacing it, which he
held concealed the inside of his thumb mall In no
case where gudgcon is hooked is the ball left under
meath the himbe While in shifting it the inside OF the
forenger nail and the side OF the thumb nal, Afford re-
oeptaclos for the little Joker in which cannot be seem as
the nails are usually stained of dark color at the pS'
The thmbles are worked upon the left knee which is sup
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badly pucked they up stakes and travel to another part OF
the field. ~
Near bv is a three card Monte Table This establish
mont consists of light pine table and three cards, pre-
sided over by a midlooking, specialized individual III
white clothes of fast He has his cards little
hort and takes them leDgtlwse and first showing them
TO the crowd and saying There You see is the king OF
clubs the eight OF clubs, and the four OF diamonds
turning over each as he speaks, he shues them to and
fro once or twice and then offers to bet any gentleman
- $50 he cant tell which is the king of clubs lie is
.olon mn bv the two musiaches we just saw at the
bmbc stand who bet the money and turn up the cara
DESIGNATED (which has baek spot upon tie oaesl and oi
course pocket their respective stakes Presently 'he!
m io;ped by another of the strpe-less the mus
ocbes-with very curey crop of hair They bet brSky
and win almost invariably. Each time the CARDS are
turned the proprietor ofhe Board puts them INTO his pocke'
appareny for the purpose of exchanging them Tor anoner
set. At length dupe Is caught he 10 '' w " ~
which is the king.
well sir viii bet you $50 You can't turn upi the first
q. time reioins he of the spectacles
G,efny has not so much money when the cappers la'
the accompices are termed make up the balance lie
s bc spoted card OF course but this time 1t @as been
and instead of facing the King OF clubs, he turns
up the four of diamonds.
Ar these two games the stranger has no earthly eh"hce
of winning. II is sheer Robber! just as m"'n "S
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