New-York tribune., 1880-10-03
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
CANR1.ING IN A SMALL WAY.

,ur EXTENT TO WHICH POLICY PLAYING is CAR
RlRp oy-Ca.NCEs OF WINNING SLIGHT.
OF the many different forms of gambling which
thrive in this city. policy PLAYING is perhaps the
ular with certain classes THIS Is manly attrpu'-
able to the fact that the smallest sums can be
ticipate in il. Thus the hard-carned savings OF
many worl<ingman find their way INTO the vi OF
the policy 9acker The number oi poacy rS iGtg =
safe to say that not one of them Is conducteu Oh
principles of honesty In no game OF chance mas
the gambler less uaIantee for being talrly deai'
with i'm none is he more at the mercy of unsciupu-
lous dealers. Over $4,000 is spent daily III pocv
shops in the ci,y The gambler is as RUE naIur-
ally superstitious. and puts faith In numDeriess
meaningless signs. To meet crosseyed person
the first thing Monday morning. for instance, Is
cant event will throw the gambler into transports
of delight -
Policy PLAYERS spend much of their mo@ey on ,, So
called glgS" or combinations. gig ~ coni-
posed of three numbers which must all come out III
the drawing to cntitlc the PLAYER to WIN Qtler
combinations such as saddles .cap,a SaHus'
are also frequently played; wihlng aS g pd padS .
$500 for 81, a" capital saddle brings Hoop ana a
station number 500 Many gambers play iav-
orite gigs repeatedly in the iirn helie that they
are destined TO win large sums Repeated ialinrc
seldom causes them to desst-if anything IT adds
TO their ardor One OF the best known comDlna-
tions is 1-i1-1f, which is largely PLAYED by ihe
negroes. The chances OF winning AT the poicy gdhio
arc slim indeed, although it seems no difficult task
to choose three numbers out of scventy-cIght-the
highest number PLAYED. The winning numbers OF
ordinary policy slips are supposed to he drawn
twice day at CoynctOn. Kentucky. Inc piaVefs
are led to believe that both drawings are lmlhe
dately telegraphcd to the city-one III the morning
aud the other in the evening. In reality inc draW-
ing takes place in Jersey CITY. aithough tle lot-
terry business is Illegal in New Jersey as III ts
State Policy slips are issued. however, on All "
teries in the United States. In these cases tue
numbers arc sometimes drawn in the shops theI
selves while sometimes they not drawn at ali,
Int simply chosen by the " backcr" Unless an
old customer of the shop. the gainb er NAV be sure
of never collecting the amount of any winnings
exceeding $50. He has no redress Whatever
Policy hackers have a particular method OF eNad,
ing the payment Of high winnings. The backeT;
or proprietor can never be found in his shop ne
engages n clerk. known as a "wTter." whom ne
proyifs 5 With hundred dollars for tAc payment or
thc lower claims. The " writer Is eeneldliH
moor youuC man in need of "A suit OF clothes. lhe
Young man receives a salary OF from ~ ia NlU !"
week Int h has ample oDportnnlty OF chlating
his earnings either by playing himself or py cu'auh4
ths customers IN small way. In case I"tSo
amount is won by a player, the shop IS lmWe-
diately closed. Should the winner return Il uay or
two later the place viii be again in full olaSt ptI
another writer will meanwhile have been enga@sd
At the Tombs Police Court yesterday, teWaTd
Richards OF No - Nassau-St.. was charged nv I.
Kinds of No. 800 Muberry-St., with sellng 10
hun "a half ticket of the Louisiana state Lottery
for 81 on October |. and attcrward transmitting IL
TO him through the mails. in violation OF the 10y
tery law. Richards held III default OF SoOO
hail