The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-09-12
NUMBER 46.
RIVAL GAMESTERS.

4 Within half mile Of the Presidents two
cottages and around the West End turn to-
wards Hoey's. in a large lot, stands the .Club
House" sO-called-the club consisting of Cham
6erlaln and Prince McGrath and their several
equerries OH the green CLOTH These two, also,
are the directors-in-chief of Monmouth Park,
4 the celebrated race course in the rear of the
4 village. They occupy, therefore, similar DO
sltlOn to MOrrissey's at Saratoga, who in that
inland retreat of New Workers is the great
gamester and park proprietor.
i Between these two there exists that degree
of feeling which neither expresses to the other,
but which all perceive to exist. Morrisey
says the least about it, as he is not bluff i,l-
cautious man; but Chamberlain hits Morrsey
side whacks in third party conversations and
conveys the impression to strangers that the
latter is his inferior in prosperity: AS both
of them are quite too prosperous for such o
calling it may be well to describe them.
EFT TU BRUTE.
| John Chamberlain is native of the East,
went to Missouri and was popular, good
looking boy bar-keeper at Jefferson City;
'capped'' and piped afterwards at st. Louis
and on the Western waters, and finally. at
youthful age, established an extensive acquain-
tance, got an establishment of his own, and
during the war came East, about the same
time that McGrath, an old and celebrated New
Orleans gamester, came on to New York
where MOrrissey was driving great 'busi-
ness" of the kind among the quartermasters,
contractors. and other patriots of the period.
He befriended both these men-employcd
Chamberlain and set up McGrath. Not agree
ing with Chamberlain, Morrsey set him adrift;
but he had PACKERS and some capital, aiie--
was very soon on his feet. The whole trio
fhri,n hon
it closed McGrath went into stock breeding
and the purchase and sale of hemp in Kentucky,
while Chamberlain and Morrissey ran rival
uptown establishments After MOrrissey dis
tinguished himself at Saratoga, Chamberlain
was seized with the emulOus desire to have
Summer place also, and, with the aid of Me-
Grath, built q handsome frame cottage and
afterwards founded running park at Long
Branch These two, Morrissey and Chamber
lain, and Lear, gamester at Cape May, are
the watering place "bankers" of our Summer
resorts. Opinion differs as to the
PROPERTY OF FMoRRISSEY AND CHAMBERLAIN.
All appearances indicate that MOrrssey is
the leading gamester of the Western world,
both in money, self restraint, individual charac-
ter and force, and in the completeness of his
establishments He has the most populous
spot on which to operate and the better class
of visitors. He has 100000 invested at Sar-
atoga, and his word is good there with banks,
magistrates and the populace. He has EJt
the Italian roundness, youth and prettiness OF
Chamberlain, having been a river boatman;
but even in his profession he has genuine traits.
speaks out boldly and sincerely. d
THE CAPPERs IN POLITICS.
Chamberlain always adhered to the Fisk
Tweed Ring" "Morrissey defined them. Cham
berlain conciliates people, loves luxury and IS
at the bottom fully as peculiar as Morrissey,
although more oleaginous and smooth. Both
men are hospitable, oblige people and succeed
beyond their deserts. No one probably. has
any right to prefer either; but they are char
acters of the time. Chamberlain is quasi
Grant man; Morrissey is a regular Greeleyite.
Morrissey said few nights ago that he was
ready to bet $4,000 TO SlO,0O0 that Horace
Greeley would beat General Grant "tO Spuy-
ten Duyvil river"-by which. he meant that
Greeley would override Grant in the State,
not including the huge Greeley majority III
New York city.
HOW THE GLADIATORS LIVE.
Morrisey's dwelling at Saratoga is queer
one-the only cottage in the great barren. pit
marked grounds of the former United States
Hotel, now surrounded with high board
fence Among the trees of this yard, deeply
embowerd, the gamester M. c. keeps his fami-
ly in a comfortable relic of the former 0pu-
lpnce of the place. Morrisspy's family con-
sists of one son, John Morrissey, Jr and an
adopted son. the former aged about fifteen.
the latter twenty. Mrs. Morrissey and her
son go to the balls and the latter lately appeared
in masquerade at Congress Hall. and decided
a boat race on the lake. Mrs. Morrissey was
the daughter of Troy steamboat captain
when John was deck hand; she is large,
impressive. portly woman, of good address
and intelligence. Chamberlain married
dame of st Louis. He resides in cottage
near the middle of Long Branch. Both of
then, are "doing good season, between tho
turf and the baize-Ne,o Yort Herald's Long
Branch Letter.
AFRICAN VITA physician. who Was