Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-22
Walton Wants to Plunge In Again
to the Extent Of Twenty-Five
thousand Dollars.
The Trials and Tribulatisns of
the Great Sand Lot Orator of
the Pacific Coast.
A Chinese Editor Wants to Meet
Him on the Gallant Field
of Honor.
A Chastity Early Morning Dlscoy-
cry Made by a Conductor In
His Car.

NEW YoRK, July 21.-A casual visitor 10
Long Branch might easily get the notion
that most of the men go there to drive and
gamble. Those two diversions are so en-,
tirely public that the lazy inactivity of the
great msiority is overlooked. Gaming has
always been feature Of the place; now il
has suddenly gained extensive and glitter
ing proportions. This is in part due, no
doubt, to the fact that the business has, for
year. been hsmpered in this city by Cros-
by's and Comstock's societies, and the
gamblers sought the nearest moneyed
crowd. There are three so called club
houses, which is another designation for a
combination of restaurant and gambling
he'll. Two Of these are the most preten.
,;ous Of villas in external appearance,
While their inside fittings exceed in cost
aud taste anything Of the kind on the con-
,nent Some exceedingly
Heavy Playing
= Goue IN these places, besides much that
, 50 only relatively, in view of the in.
81. .ity of the players to bear the losses
he jockeys and other employees OF ta
Monmouth Park race course pretty regallr
ly deposit their wages in these banks, and
don't often draw anything out. The buffers
andcoachmen Of wealthy summer resident
sre also to be seen at the tables. But the
heavy play, as a rule, is by Wall street
men, who have not left their love o.
chance behind them in the city. Faro
the fayorite game for these chaps, and for
the time-seasoned old gamblers among the
abounding turfmen; but roulette has at.
tanned popularity with inexperienced and
uncslCulating fellows to whom the pay
ments OF thirty six TO one, when wager
wins, are so dazzling that they fail to see
the clear and sure percentage OF advantage
v hich the game affords the bank.
Walton, the Pinnger.
n addition to the risking of money on
the turn of card, or the roll of ball, the
three days of racing every week give me
The opportunity TO demonstrate, to their
own dissatisfaction, the iutility OF trying
to get rich through the medium OF book.
makers. These operators are not disposed
10 part with money once in their hands.
They are afraid of "Piunger Walton" sim
ply because he undertakes to work, as
they do, on information from the stables;
ard that fact proves conclusiyely that they
have no desire 70 do business with men
Who know anything near as much as they
60 of the
Inwartlness OF Horse Racing.
Walton is q round, blonde man, with hot
temper, a rude manner, and deutire fearless
ness. 1t was talked, before mis- departure,
tbat a dreadful fight was to occur between
him and Phil Daily about the ownership OF
whose gambling hell they bad quarrelet.
According to the program, Walton was 10
eLter the premises and Daily was to try to
ding him out, whereuPon the deadly strug-
lie was to take place.
Another report was that the encounter
wss tC be a poker game, 10 be continued
until one lost S25, 600 TO the other. That
would not be an uncommOnly desperate
encounter, if the rumors as to the poker
playing in the upper rooms OF the club
houses are true.