Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-20
DINK DAVIES.
Il SeIf-Rdde M0n-He Raised Himself
from MIR Peddler to First Bdsemdn,
Then Advanced to Poker and Faro, and
~ Noe Rich.

\ New York special to the Tribune yes
te day stated that Dink Davies, a we'll
knoM gambler, won $4,000 at faro
Thursday. The winning occurred inss the
flmous New York gambling house on Bar
clay street, and the bank showed the white
feather by turning the box and permit
ting Davies to walk away with $4,000.
Among the sporting fancy in Chicago the
luck of Davies was the leading topic of talk
yesterday. 'child of fortune" who does
business not far from Calhoun place,
speaking of the remarkable winning to
Tribune reporter. said:
The man alluded to IL the dispatch as
Dink Davies Is Il character IL our profess
sion. His name Is William Davies. He
was born i'll Utica, \. Y, where his father,
a very wealthy man, now resides. The old
gentleman owns several farms in the vi
cinity of the country residence of Horatio
Seymour. These farms are we'll stocked,
and Billy Davies, after receiving a good
education, took charge of one of his ia
theirs milk routes. After faithfully ped
ding the tactical for a couple of years he
went to his father one day and said: Dad,
no more tin cans for me; can live easier.
morning and going to bed with the chick
ems don't suit your son William The
old gentleman asked Billy what he
proposed to do, and the boy replied: For
business, intend to play cards; for recre-
alton 1 shall play baseball The old man
didn't fly into passion. He is shrewd,
clear headed Welshman. He regretted the
decision reached by his son, and after
- I'D
said: You shall have your way, but of
course you will not expect me to furnish
you money with which to gamble For
year or two after that Dink Davies remain
ed around Utica. His father owned the
basel ball grounds there where professional
matches were played, and young Davies
became an expert first baseman. He was
instructed in base-playing by George
Latham, formerly of the Louisville club,
and in fielding by Joe Hornung, OF the
Boston team. Meantime he studied up on
poker and faro, playing for light stakes.
He explained both games to his father, who
thought that poker was the fairer game,
and who urged Billy to let faro alone.''
''What were young Davies habits?''
Extremely temperate. He never tasted
whisky or beer, never smoked, and was shy
of the fair sex. When he thought he had
qualified himself to travel on his knowledge
of card hazards he went to Philadelphia.
! His luck was variable. He would sit down
with SIS and get up with $1,000. The
| next night he would lose every dollar, and
| perhaps resume play with 10-cent chips.
! Going to Boston with $1GO, he left that city
with $4,000. At Philadelphia he parted
with this sum, and returned to Utica to
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| ter luck next time, dad and again he went
back to Philadelphia to copper the jack
and play the ace to win His luck i'm
proved, he went to New York, and in that
city within two months he has won $780, 00.'
"What has he done with the money!"
'.Salted lot of it-sent it to his father
who will take mighty good care of it. Blu
to think of Dink Davies making that Bar
clay street faro bank squeal! Why it's the
biggest thing ever done in the history O.
faro in Now York"
why do you suppose they turned thu
box on Davies? Had he broken the bank?
Bless you, no; but probsb they wsr
afraid he would. He didn't sit down t.
that game Thursday night with less thai
$4,000. With his winnings he had $27,
600. On the next deal he might hav
thrown 1927 900 squarely against the comb
nation, and reckon they didn't care to risl
it. Davies is one of the coolies
bows ever knew. He is nov
about twenty sight years old, has
fine constitution, is tall, straight, does no
drink or smoke, and is of a retiring dis
position. He has one marked peculiarly
When he is playing in luck he dresse
plainly. When he is broke he wears tn
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credit is good for he always pays"
''Was he ever in Chicago?"
eyes, but not to play cards. 1 tell 20
5 Dink Davies is one gambler in million.
2 TURNING THE BOZ"
: "What surprises the boys" said a CIar
street disciple of faro, lis to know that ii
| Barclay street bank crawfshed on SIT
co.,"
Z WAS it financially strong?"
''Players have always supposed so. "
It thought we could run up against it fc
9 $4,000 anyway. 1 remember when
It wouldn't turn the box for $500,000.
when was thatW
''Before the war. That Barclay sire
. game has q history. 1t has made son
men immensely rich and il has beggare
! O0ZenS. On6 Oh the AdChJ OdSS r%t ITSb ~
a Henry Cotton. He had big interest, al
5 it was through the game there played tn
g Cotton became owner of the famoI
J Fashion race-course on Long Island. YC
d can bet your life they played for stakes
d those days. remember one night bat
Y in 1860 when rich Southerner who W
North on horse racing exped
ton, staked $4,000 mare on Il
>, turn of the ten spot He lost, and p
up another fast animal He lost eve
, horse he had and then wanted to stake o.
T. of his niggers. The dealer didn't kno
e about that, He consulted the 1ookOu
and that worthy said Mr.. Cotton wou
have to decide. Well, the game VI
n. ! stopped and a messenger, at 3 o'clock
a the morning, was sent to Colton's elega
:, mansion on Thirty first street. The ca
;, was laid before him, and Cotton said
didn't play for slaves. But this man
cleaned out urged tho messenger. 'Ths
give him $500 to get breakfast and clio
III the game replied Cotton. All, those we
A. great days! Cotton has gone all to piec
IF since then-lost the Fashion course and 81
A. fered ali kinds of hard games"
DR. DINK's POLICY.
g., did you ever see this Dink Davies pl
faro?r