The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-03-23
mon pLArArmoSrr CARLO.
The American who In Five Yenru has Los
Three Hundred Thousand Dollars



MONTE CARLO, March Except In the
matter Of weather. which has been exception
ally wet, the season Mt Monte Carlo has been
beavv nj tmrs and ihose who a mus P bsra
with the lHudnbl6 determination OF breaking thu
bank or Of working systems havo met the usual
fate Of going empty away" The English
players have Ind a particularly rough time of
II, both here and Mt the Mediterran6e at Nice.
where more money has been lost and won nj
Baccarat than the oldest member OF that gam.
bling circle can call to mind. competition for the
bank hgying often reached M high as 1000
francs, When arriyed here. soon after Christ:
mas. the largo winnings Mt ti'ete et Qtardtlte ot
two English hdbiuJs were upon everybOdys
tongue. A Mr.. J.. threw in for "a. 900 francs, with
AN original stake OF ten louis while y. N. VIVA
credited with 10000 francs " to the good :" and
/ saw the lntter win close upon 40 600 francs in
an hour ono afternoon when plnying the mart
mum 10000 irancsl Half OF IL went again aftst
Hlnner. h0WevIr ana before ne lolt ior England
stake; yet during the height Of his success, II
was estimated by tho bunk that Mr., Ms insur-
minntel HIS gross losses are reported to beovet
$4,000. Mr.. J.. was 100000 francs out" up
to yesterday, when he got II al back with some-
thing to the good Al contrdire. almost every
knight OF the trigger. who has tried to rocouB
nstrous luck on the t1pis vert. A consi derable
portion Of some of the valuable pigeon shooting
prizes. too, have found their way back again
into tho Golfers OF the administration from the
pockets OF the winners thereof; and, except in
the solitary case Of n GO per cent. money lender.
who sent $1,000 to London the next day, no
winner of AMY consequence WINS talked about
until Count Belgrade who always played the
maximum. won 100000 frnncs with which he
departed to Vienna yesterday.
There have been some wonderful runs Mt
heIite et qudrdnte during tho last fortnight; and
II noble plungcr, well known in English
racing circles. had not prevailed upon his un-
willing partner tthe Mr.. l.. before alluded TOT TO
transfer nm accumulated stake OF 10000 francs
on rouge and cOuieur tO HOT after run Of seven
on tho former (which extended to elevcnl. he
would have returned to Nice by the last train
richer man than the mere pOssessor Of his rntl-
way ticket One Of the heaviest players hero Is
Mr.. Watson. an American. who IL said to have
lost 100000 AT hJiie II qtdrdHte within tho last
five years but the most sensational performer
goes by the nickname Of Count Impair, from
the Tact OF his invariably sinking the mari
mum on that division Mt rOuicNe. i have also
seen him put the same amount on the color,
1000 francs on pdsse. and the maximum Of nino
| louis on ten or a dozen even numbers pietn I.
and one afternoon he had such II tremendous
| run OF luck thnt no was Obliged 70 roll up tho
| bank notes in his pocket handkerchief ON leav-
| Ing the table. But he too. has had his reyprses
| and was n few days ago reduced to twenty-iranc
| stakes. Another Englishman who has hal a
| bad time OF 1t is young Il. The Duchess OF
| Manchester has been fortunate at Monte Carlo;
| 80 has Lord Dupplin; but the great winner ut
| the tables Is u Hungarian Count. who sent home
| nm installment Of $4,000 as bart Of his winnings
| the other day aud has remained TO increase or
| loss them.
so ii is with everybody who plunges. or stays
long cnOugh-certain loss. although nothing
can bc iairrr than the entire system OF play.
| But what wuh insurancea at the rate Of ten per
cent, and the percentage in favor Of the table ut
h'ette IT 0udrdnte. with tho double rdfrdH, II is
only matter OF time uuninst the player. Proof
| of this IL afforded in tho luxurious attractions
! OF the place. which art has assisted nature TO
! provide. The latest addition il a largo. lofty.
gorgeous sale des concerts. erected by GARNER
| of the Grand Opera. wherein music by the finest
orchestra in the world Is open to all twice day