Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-03
HIGH PLAY AT MONTE CARLO.
The American Who IN Five Years Mas
Lost $500, 600.
Monte Carlo Cor. london World

Monte Carlo Cor. London World
Except in tho matter of weather,
which has been exceptionally wet, the
season at Monte Carlo has been
quite up to the average. The play
has been very heavy at times, and
those who came here with the lauda-
bic determination Of breaking the
bank or Of working systems have met
the usual fate of going empty away, y
The English players have had a par
ticularly rough time of it, both here
and at the Mediterranee at Nice,
where more money has been lost and
won at Baecarat than the oldest NOM
Der Of that gambling circle a call to
mind, competition for the bank having
often reached as high as 1000 francs.
When | arrived here, soon after
Christmas, the large winnings at trente
ct quaranto of two English habitues
were upon cvorybody's tongue. A
Mr.. l.. threw in for $4,000 francs,
with an original stake of ten louis /;
while Z. \. was credited with 10000
francs to the good and / saw the
lattor win close upon 10000 francs in
an hour n afternoon when playing
the maximum 5000 francs). Half Of
it went again after dinner, however,
and before he loft for England,
last week his play was reduced to a
single louis stake; yet during the
height of his success it was estimated
by the bank that Mr.. Ms insurance
money alone brought them in a louis
a minute His gross losses are re-
ported to be over E12,000 Mr.. j..
was 10000 francs =" out up to yes
terday, when he got it all back, with
something to the good. Au contraire,
almost every knight Of the trigger
who has tried to recoup his losses
with the gun has met the same dis
astrOus luck on the tapis vert. A
considerable portion of some of the
valuable pigeOn-shootin prizes, too,
have found their way back again into
the Golfers Of the administration
from the pockets of the winners
thereof; and, except in the solitary
case Of a 60 per cent. mOney-lender,
who sent 1900 to London the next
Hay, no winner OF any consequence
was talked about until Count Bel
Garde, who always played the max
imum, won 100000 francs, with which
he departed to Vienna yesterday.
There have been some wonderful
rum at trente ct quarante during the
last fortnight and if a noble plunger,
well known in English racing circles,
had not prevailed upon his unwilling
partner Dir. i. before alluded to) to
transfer an accumulated stake Of
10000 francs on rouge and couleur to
nOir after a run of seven on the for
mer (Which extended to eleven, he
would have returned to Nice By the
last train a richer man than the mere
possessOr of his railway ticket. One
of the heaviest players here is a Mr..
Watson, an American, who is said ia
have lost f60,00 at trente ct quarante
within the last five years; but the most
sensational is a Dutch American. who
goes by tho nickname ofCount Impair.
from the fact Of his invariably stalking
the maximum on that division at rou-
lettc. have also seen him put the
same amount on the color, 1000 francs
on passe, and the same maximum of.
nine lois on ten or a dozen even mum.
bers en- plcin and one afternoon he
had such a tremendous run Of luck
that he was obliged to roll up the bank
notes in his pocket handkerchief on
leaving tho table. But he, too, has
had his reyerses, and was a few DAYS
ago reduced to twenty franc stakes.
Another Englishman who has had a
time oft is young ?. The Duchess
of Manchester has been fortunate al
Monte Carlo; so has Lord Dupplin;
but the great winner at the tables is a
Hungarian Count, who sent home an
installment Of $500 as part Of his
winnings tho other day, and has re-.
NAMED to increase or lose them.
80 1t is with everybody wbopluuges,
or stays long enough-certain loss.
although nothing can be fairer than
the entire system of play. But what
with insurance at the rate of ten per
cent, and the per centage in favor of
the table at trento ct q%uarante. with
the double r%efrait, it is only a matter
of time against the player. Proof Of
this is afforded 10 the luxurious at
fractions Of the place. Tho latest
addition is a large, lofty gorgeous sale
dos concerts. erected BY GARNER. of
the Grand Opera, with music by the
finest orchestra in the world is open
70 all twice a day.