The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-11-23

extra dollar on two OF the three gig numbers
player WINS $s2. but If all three come out ne gets
$40 for his saddle and $500 for the gag. Be,ting on
the first two OF any three consecutive mum,
beTs In the drawing Is called ''capital saddle"
and II successful wins $500 for 81. Betting on folr
numbers being drawn ls caea 'horse,' and gives
5000 for ST. All these different modes OF betting are
combined together by the experienced policy buyer
and few are now Introducing new feature. called
"cross glgs,n which admits Of COMBINATIONS OF
Each person who takes chance in these draw
ings may invest any sum from one cent to hundreds
OF dollars, the proportion Of winnings TO the sum
invested being always the same. There IS a DIS:
tinction made, however. in the different Kinds OF
cravings, a.. for Instance, one donar gig wins
$500 In the 1915 drawing and 1925 IN the
1918 drawing. Most OF the regular policy
ss ana ackv ms win select
the numbers indicating the classes OF previous
drawings, while to accommodate the crowd most OF
the policy shops have q small box containing num-
bered bits OF wood or leather. The buyer rusts nls
hand into This box after 1t mas been Wen shaken and
craving out NUMBER takes Is for his stake in the
loJtery The most curious illustration Of this super
Bttlon in thus particu ar ID Afforded IN
THE EGYPTIAN DREAMER,
O book giving numbers for every dream. Copies OF
tins work are found In nearly every policy
Dealers olice and the dealer himself Is gen.
dreams for those VINO cannot read or are Ia q
hurry. The contents OF the book are indexed as fol-
lows:-''ihe True Interpretation Of Dreams"
"Dreams with Fortunate Numbers;' Dreams for
the Monlhs;n ''fabIe OF Lucky Numbers;' "Dreams
by q Celebrated ProiessOr;o ''Signs OF Speedy Mar
riage,n &c. several thousand dream signs. WIN
corresponding numbers, are given, good idea OF
whicn way be derived from the following extracts:-
TO dream OF making arsages predicts quaes to eat then
70 dream OF Beng amons tue tomss denotes sSee ~ mar
rage great success in business and the gaining of law
Onions. 70 dream Of eating smelling them foretels the
Of e see $ belong
another person, but 4 70 yourself it bad IA, 49,
oSeaion Of n.rriase ana desy he feet o.
The singing OF robin rcdbreast At window in the
sne i party ar ass e. sign you shall have
il walking abroad with your sweetheart you perceive
pair of pigeons circle you round is sign OF marriage
Happiness to ensue, with much content. rs.
happy days, riches and'pleasure. IL.
<-11-44.
The mystic numbers 4. II, A, which have for
years been synonymous with lottery policies, are
called the "ngger washerwoman's gig' and have
become so impressed on the minds OF policy BUYERS
that this combination Is used more than any other
The result Is that when these numbers are drawn,
as sometimes happens, there is tremendous
run on the lottery funds. and not few dealers get
s.busted.n The winning numbers are called hltsn
and to the unlIltlated the conversation around the
policy 0flces respecting gigs" 'cross gigs" s.sad
dlesh "horses," 'hltsn &C., is rather mystifying.
The term "piReon" Is applied to persons suspected
Of being sent from the central offices after The list
Of drawings mas reached there from the West, to
buy tickets OF rival establishments dealing the
same lotteries. For instance, the thirteen numbers
drawn to-day in the Mississippi lottery al Columbus
are teiegfaphed In cipher to New York. and copy
ls sent direct to the central office town. while the
slips being printed for distribution among the
various agencies. 1t Is alleged that tine managers OF
the central Office occasionally send out "pigeonn
with Instructions to go to rival concerns and take
gigs for large amounts on certain numbers
which the managers have received as the winners.
The result OF sIcn step must OF course be a heavy
loss and perhaps the ruin OF the parties thus taken
advantage Of 1t shol ld be stated that the concerns
'mlddle men," and who have branch oiices, bur
conduct the business ON their own capital and per-
sona responsibility. In other words, taking bets
the drawings made by the regular lottery establish
ments these "mddle men" must wait for the list OF
drawings the same as the agencies OF the great cen
trail Offices, and, 1t IL Claimed, almost entirely at
the mercy OF the regular lottery managers IA thew
sell very few tickets in the great prlzes but conne
their operations mostly to the gigs" Saddles
&C., of each days drawing, the central Offices lose
receipts which would Otherwise Tow into their own
agencies. Practically the whole lottery system of
New York consists OF certain managers VINO have
outside agents to take bets on certain numbers
being drawn out OF a cylinder, and in addition TO
the immense percentage IN favor OF the taker OF
such bets there IL an opportunity Tor trickery
''equaled by few and surpassed by none.n Whether
dishonesty Is practised IN the management OF the
concern or not remains 10 be Established. The
managers may all De perfectly honorable gentlemen.
The heaviest investments III lottery policies are by
well-dressed Americans, who take 1--WE, ten and fire.
quenlly as high as nifty dollars worth OF chances at
time. Next to these are the Irish OF all classes
from the c0id that risks penny to the clerk and
mechanic who spend from i've to ten dollars per
week In the game. The negroes palronze the policy
shops n,dsse, but the aggregate OF their squan-
uerlnKS Ill ullS uaLUeT Ii DtlOW l1at Oh eUler the
Irish or Americans. The Germans spend least Of all
IN policies, ana are principally represented by the
worthless class OF their nationality. The negroes
Will pawn the clothes they have on TO buy policies,
and most OF the theits committed by them are for
the purpose OF raising funds to invest In lottery
tickets.
When Il Is remembered that the four great lottery
firms In New York-Murray Co., McIntire a. Co.,
Simmons L. Co. and Sturges Co.. have over 600
200 clerks in their central oces AMI that the books
OF Murray Co. for August and September, lthe dull
n 81 ao year for Lotteries SHOW 10y
the influence OF this pernicious Institution upon
the community. In the more decent poll
derinR their salaries with the delusve
fancy that they may eventually make a chit" and
es each week put BY Of
earnings for the same pdrpose, with the hope Of
getting the means relief from pressing want, and
his wages, ls drawn into the same whirlpool, from
i o ss H s 70 BUSINESS as poss
DEALERS 6nd have abandoned 1t state that out OF
every hundred persons who invest In the lotteries
not moro than two make "hltn and these are
generally for small amounts ranging from ten to
twenty dollars. In fact 80 great is the percentage
In favor OF the policy dealers that the central Offices
which pay commission Of twelve ana q half per
cent ito agents, allow discount OF fifteen per
cent on all money paid IN TO them by pur.
chasers OF tickets In other words, q '.gign
at the a. Office
cents. Az the most trding sums are received, and
one cent risked on the chance OF one Of the seventy
eight numbers coming first on the list Of
thirteen numbers drawn may win sixty canls, the
TO the extremely poor and the
announcement to gamong among children is
throughout the year these alurements are spread
out among the population. Their Daneful effects in
sapping the disposition to steady, legitimate bust.
ness In bringing the rising generation tone half the
policy buyers are yonths) In contact with the West
characters who conRregate about the policy dens;
in the squandernp Of scanty means necessary to the
support OF deserving families, and the increase OF
vice which the occasional prize produces among the
OF the lucky individual who invariably
spends his winnings as soon as received, are
among the most serious evils OF New York.
The lottery policy business Is greater
to this city than all its drinking places together
and the reformers and Christian missions whose
good works shine 30 conspcuously In the midst OF
moral ndesolatlon cannot do better service to hu.
mainly ana morallty than by striking directly at
these concerns. Their present magnitude has been
attained rapidly That IL IL PROBABLE very few OUT
side OF the police force know much about H. The lot
terry business In this city has gained nearly all OF ts