Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-26
FARo's
A Philadelphia Gambler Breaks the
Bank 100000 Ahead OF the Game.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, February a.
The most engrossing topic of oonver.
sation In sporting circles In this city
at present Is the very large winnings
that q Philadelphia gambler, named
"Dink" Davis lis said to have made
betting against faro In New York,
during the past month. Davis win.
nings are placed all the way from
$45, coo to $50, 900, and It Is said that
10 large percentage of the total
was won at a day game In Bar.
clay street. Davis has been we'll
known as a faro dealer In this city for
years, and he has the reputation Of
being n of the c~leverest In the
country. His immense success has
created q genuine sensation In sporting
circles. The manager of . SAMSON
street gambling house, who knows all
about 1t, when asked for the truth Of
the stories which are the talk of the
clubs where the gamblers congregate,
said:
ut Ia true that Davis has won
nearly all the money they gave him
credit for. They didn't put the figures
higher than $40, 600 when I was over
In Now York, though some were dis.
posed to think that his pot was nearer
geo, 900.
"Isn't that the worst beating the
faro bank has had for . long time2"
"There has been nothing like II
for ten years at least, when you con.
slider that Davis had small money to
start In with. When he first went
over he had only about 81, 900, and
he lost nearly all of that before any
thing began to
COME THIS WAY,
but since then he has fairly broken
their hearts,"
"Is he following q systemT
"No; he Is just playing right along
~ any man who thoroughly under.
stood his business"
SHOW long has It taken him to wir
this money!"
"Just about q month. That's tn.
Treason 10 one herd OF Il unit. he be,
gan to send money into the country,
He sent $15,0 COG to his father. You
see he did not confne his play to any
one house, but played around gener'
ally. In that way a nan could win 0
couple Of Thousand dollars a night
without attracting attention. The
bank would expect to win 1t back the
next night, and 80 the first thing they
knew Dlnk had gathered In q small
fortune"
Chow do you account for III,
II don't account for 1t. He struck
a streak; that's all there is in It,. He
never did anything of the kind before.
I've known him for years, and it'f
always been up and down with him,
and rather more down than up"
she hit the Barclay street game
very hard, didn't he7'
II believe 30. That's q combina.
ton game, you understand, with five
or ak people backing 1t, but his play
made two Of them so tired that they
drew out. They knew when they had
enough"
wi he keep any of the money
that he didn't send homel"
"It's like this. He is playing right
along, and it would be hard to tell how
long he will last. Faro, when square.
ly dealt, 10 . good game with o fall
percentage; but have you ever observ.
cd that sooner or later the gambler
and the player both tumble into the
same basket broke. The gambler
wouldn't get there If he didn't lquand,
or his money, but he aquanders it."
Davis is about 80 years of age, anG
he 10 we'll known to the sporting fra
ternity all over the county. A char
aoteristio not uncommon among eamb'
lers Is likely to bring him reversei
that will make his fall as preoipitste 81
his rise was sudden. An old gambler
described him In . line yesterday. HI
said: snow that he has got $40, 00C
or $50 600, he'll want the earth. That
| will settle him."