Connecticut western news., 1879-04-02
HIGH PLAY AT MONTE CARLO.


 THE AMERICAN WHO IN FIVE YEARS HAS
 LOST THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
 LARS.
 Except in the 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 laudabls determination of breaking the bank or of working sys- tems have met with the usual fate of "going empty away" The English players have had particularly rough t t'me of it, both here and at the Medi- torrance at Nice, where more money has been lost and won at Baccarat than the oldest member of that gambling circle can call to mind, competition for the bank having often reached as high as 7,O00 francs. When arrived here, soon after Christmas, the large winnings at trente ct quarante of two English hG6dtues were upon everybody's tongue. A Mrs l.. threw in for 94, 1000 francs, with an original stake of ten louis while E. N. was credited with 150, ,OOO francs to the good ;" and saw the latter win close upon 70, 1000 francs in an hour one after noon when playing the naocine~na (, 1000 francs). Half of it went again after dinner, however; and before he left for England his play was reduced to single louis stake; yet during the height of his success, it was estimated by the bank tLat Mir. Ms insurance money alone brought them in louis @ minute !! His gross losses are reported to be over e12,OOO. MT. l.. was 150, ,000 francs "out," when he got it all back, with something to the good. Au co'atraire, almost every knight of the trigger, who has tried to recoup his losses with the gun, has met the same disastrous luck on the tapis cert. A considerable DOT tion of some of the valuable pigeon shooting prizes, too. have found their way back again into the coffers of the administration from the pockets of the winners thereof; and, except in the soli- tary case of sixty per cent. money lender, who sent s5, ,OOO to London the next day, no winner of any consequence was talked about until Count Belgrade, who always played the maarineatne, won 200, ,OOO francs, with which he departed to Vienna.
 There have been some wonderful runs at trente ct qatarante during the last fortnight; and if noble plunger, well known in English racing circles, had not prevailed upon his unwilling partner (the Mr. l.. before alluded to) to trans fer an accumulated stake of 10000 francs on rouge and couleur to ,aoir after a run of seven on the former (which ex- tended to eleven), he would have re- turned to Nice by the last train a richer man than the mere possessor of his rail- way ticket. One of theheaviest players here is MT. Watson, sn American, who is said to have lost G60,O00 at trente e' qtoraaate within the last five years; but the most sensational performer of the present season is Dutch-American, who goes by the nickname of Count I'm pair, from the fact of his invariably stalking the narineu@o on that division at roulette. l have also seen him put the same amount on the color, 2,OOC francs on 3oasse, and the n1Grinauna oi nine louis on ten or a dozen even num- bers eae plei,a and one afternoon he had such a tremendous run of luck that he was obliged to roll up the bank notes ID his pocket handkerchief on leaving the table. But he, too, has had his reverses, and was few days ago reduced tc twenty-franc stakes. Another English man who has had bad time Of 1t If young P. The Duchess of Manchester has been fortunate at Monte Carlo SC has Lord Dupplin :; but the great win her at the tables is Hungarian Count who sent home an installment of 96, ,OO( as part of his winnings the other day and has remained to increase or lose them.
 So it is with everybody who plunges or stays long enough-certain loss although nothing can be fairer than the entire system of play. But what witt insurance at the rate of ten per cept. and the percentage in favor of the table at trente ct quarante, it is only matter of time against the player. Proof o this is afforded in the luxurious attrac tions of the place, which art has assisted nature to provide. The latest addition is large, lofty, gorgeous salle des con certs, eretced by Garnier of the Grane Opera, wherein music by the fines orchestra in the world is open to al twice day.