The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-08-14
SARATOGA GAMBLERS

me Successor Of Mo,yissey--Re Reed. S.r,,..r
and Chamberlain.
correspondence Cincinnati ENQUIRER
Charles Reed, who unostentatiouslv nr;,+a
his name among the turfmen az G.. Reed ;s
the successor of John Morrissey as the phvs-
icai champion of the Saratoga sports. Not
as vain as Morrissey and disliking notoriety.
and taking no pains to attract public men t.,
nm, Reed is still an oddly. He owns With
MI. Spencer, an educated man, one-half the
games MIR. Mccormick. another snort owns
one-elghth, and Mrs. Morrissey has one.tbird
Heed and Spencer manage the pools ON the
race track, and their commissions are in The
nelghborhood of ST. 900 every racing dav
Inc gate admissions are double as mncb
ihey conduct the two performances in eyerv
respect as well as Morrissey did. Reeds
tastes are domestic, rural, and for the horse.
ne knew Morrlssey in California, both New
YORK boys, when Morrissey fought Thomn.
son on Mare Island Caught by the war in
New Orleans, Reed reached New York about
1868, badly broke, and knowing his sturdy,
almost stolid fidelity and eameness
Morrlssey sent him to- Saratoga, where be
has now been fifteen Years. AL
though Reed lost $26, 900 the first fortnioht
ne was at Saratoga, he did not lose the con
ndence OF his associates, and finally became
interested in their games both at SARATOGA
and New York. He owns a residence at
Saratoga which cost him, with the ground
$66,OOO. His stables, in the rear Of it. are
unique, and contain sixteen stalls. each az
large as small parlor, square and without
any protuberance or object in them to rub
or narm the horses; no racks or hooks.
merely four smooth walls and straw. The
food is passed into the horses cells in zinc
troughs, hooked behind into the post-hole.
On four sides the stable is surrounded bv a
covered arcade upward of one hundred feet
long, with sand floor to exercise the horses
In winter, and large grass paddock opens
out OF 1t. He breeds both dogs and race
horses, and President Hayes has two pups
from his Kaska dogs, the parent pair having
been bred in the Jardin Decentralization, at
farls. They are nearly unknown in this
country, and are of a dull, woolly, black
color, their hair dropping like nama's wool
or rope curls over the round, agile bodies.
will make ittle'sketch of Reed at home on
another day. 80
The fair, undisguised open gaming of
Reed and Spencer is preferable to the secret
gaming carried on in the hotels by we'll
dressed q and often educated gentry, some
times respectfully connected or descended.
These men are at once pimps or plunderers,
Turing the stranger into their circle, and
there, by an understanding, stskinning'' him.
One of the hotel proprieters told me that
few summers ago he found party of his
respectable guests winning considerable
sums of money from others by the use of
marked cards. The rascals were all men of
ostensible professions or business pursuits,
generally Wall street operators. Another
time the same proprietor found. by the aid of
letter left In deserted room, that CON-
ing wealthy guest at his establishment was
to be swlndled-a man with passion for
card playing, who had already been heavi--
~ plundered once, and was now being fol-
lowed up for another tussle. By series of
Investigations, and the aid of higher class
of gamblers, it was found that the scheme.
was to fix two of the hotel rooms SO that a
person in the hidden room could read the
hand and telegraph it to the oppo-
site player.
John chamberlain, very expert gamester,
once the richest in the country, said to NE
this year: ''Gambling, as an open, profitable
business, has been ruined by confidence
men. These are parties of fellows who 60
to rich, sporting, inscriptions man and
inform him that, by an arrangement with the
faro dealer, the game is to be thrown Per
haps it is the dealer himself who promises
to throw it. At the appointed time the
victim makes his big bet, and, instead of
loses. He is then told that it was
a mistake, and. seeking to recover his loss,
trusts again, until he is three-fold more in
volved. This kind of deep game has been
played as regularly as monte over the
country, and taken from town to town. In
the large cities it has spoiled the business BY
drawing in some of the best customers