Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1877-04-04


remain, hut they hayt changed or
sincc thrii I'D lartls, Waddcll, Of Lou
isvile,uud Cheuiham of Nashville, died
aud are now engagcl IN poker aud
moafS l1D snnthcyn stcgmcrs aud west
ern trains.
Almost every one knnwr something
ubout the usual ;htce card monte, bai
Spanish moutc is almost exclusively Il
"nirgcr" game, aud i very popular il
Baltimore aud Washington und Now
York Asmany play los can sit around
the table 1t rcquirts no partners
one man deals and the rest bet The
dealer throws ont MI the cighls aud
mines aud tens. That leaves forty
cards in tho pack. Then two cards
are dealt off tho bottom; say seven.
spot aud n queen. Then the darkey
dealer goes on; "Now, you bets on
whichcber oh dose lpu lihl;s'll win.
Five centc on de qnetn, hey9 Well.
les place yer nickel on the kecrd. Sar-
lin, "a many ~ wantto kin hot; least.
ways cz many ~ kin git dere money
on dc kccrd. Oh, yis sum kin bet on
dc udder keerd II dey like; but must
keep dc odds. De odds? Why, don't
yer see, ct you bet five cents on DO
seven-spot dere's stan of an dc
dealers got no chance TO win. De bets
mus be heaber on one kcerd dan on
dc uddcr Now We 20 on. | deals
lvo more kecids IRON dc top of de
pack, 50; ace and tree. Derc, now,
deres dc lay OF; TO kecrls. Now
everybody kin bet ez likes on eny ob
de keerls. Ar dc bets all made gen
lemen2 Den wen proceed. now
turns dc deck ober, face up, an deal
uif two kecrls. De fusl counts fur dc
dealer, an dc second lur DC man dat
bets, Your nickel lays on dc queen.
II dc queen shows lirst, dealear takes
all dc bets dat are made on her. De
sumc rule rnns wld all dc keerls ob de-
layout Make yer bets, gentlemen"
And so on.
Olher means Of losing money are the
various system ot ppol-, now 80 popn
lar wherever there is race track u
billiard tournament, or an election.
Much study has been devoted to this
mnnner Of gambling and the practical
result is thrue different systcms; pouls
by auction book betting and Paris
mutuals. The former has been 80 pop.
ular for many years that the average
male reader knows great deal more
about il than can he told him in any
newspaper article. Book betting, how
eyer has bcen in use in this cuunlry
but u short time. 10 The unnitiatcd
the term is a source 0l mystery. A
man who opens books ON rnce must
be well Informed on uil puints herring
on the speed, bottom and probable con
dilion OF several hurscs that arr enter.
cd IN u race. He arranges u series Of
odds on each one as against all the
Others, which odds are offered To the
public. ln looking down II list printed
on u card gentleman may find that
The nanio OF Sprlnghok the
odds are five 10 one lie knuws there.
fore, that in the opinion of ihe book
maker there are i've chances that
:SprlngbolS will be bcatcn hy some one
of the other horses in the race to one
that he will win. II he has better
opinion Of Spnngboll, he backs thai
opinion 10y pay ing into the bo1k.keeper
any sum of money he chooses above
certain prescribed minimum. ltSpIing.
box wins he viii receive i've
times the amount he hns vontnrcd. II
the horse docs not ran hc receives
nothing. Ia u rare in which there are
twenty horses offered, the odds oilcr
el will run from one up to thirty, or
more, To one. suppose the least likely
horse wins, IT the minimum Invested is
n thousand dollars, the man who bets
ON the winner viii receive $50 600 less
the percentage Of tie book maker and
in turn. the book maktr will have
received bis 'pr0position,' as il IL call
cd, on every horse, from which TO pay
1t, This Is the way book heltng is cX-
plnincd by prominent sporting man.
The peculiar features Of this mode nre
that the sums bet are usually quite
large, and that II u horse changes own
crs, or Tor any other reason does not
run, the money OF the investor Is not
returned to hm. bat belongs To the
maker Of the book. Paris mutual
pools are cOmmunistic aud fair, on the
fare, but like stripped cards in faro,
the man who wurks the machine has
everything his own way, aud by n dex-
tcrous change Of figures, can reduce
each winners money at least 30 per
cent. and pucket the remainder, to-
gcther with the commission legitimate
ly his due. The system has been
met with extreme disiavor in France,
and alter one or two seasons at Jerome
Park, Long Branch and Saratoga, al
most every one stands ready to de-
n0nncc the "mutuals' ~ u damnahlc
snilc. Hitherto it has been worked
by "ronry' msn, aud u prominent tur-
ftc estimates that they have showed
s25O. 600 Of counterfeit money through
It's agency.
Coming back again from the race
track 10 The gaming hell, keno strikes
the in partial observer as n game with
the least risk aud the most money
about IT, The expenses are light, call
cr's salnry beng about $3.50 per day
aud the collectors s.. Five per cent.
Is taken from every pot, aud Ia a goud
game the pool ranges from ten TO iil-
teen dollars A rom which ruils
twenty five or thirN such games in
the course Of n night naturally makes
u good thing ont OF the cummissiOn.--
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