The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-25
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" N"t VI was 'hp "O'n Ior MIN. He
called the lurn tor $500 aud in honor of
'he event began to indulge i'm the tie,
hnid amt kept it up unlil he went
hr"ke. He was game to the Last. how
"Vrr. After he had PLAYED and play4d
lntii he had only 500 left, he ul liked i,
down without II mountaineering II
from the nine 10 the seven. The n st
turn came ace, pine, and the old feilnw
Jumped up and said: THAT settles il
my there sOeS Il YEARS profits to the
plant; let's have another drink
Something like Old Man buchanan.
Of Philadelphia" chimed in another
lie PAD rent once Tor a chair in Joe
HANS place At the rate Of 5000 an hour.
Joe ran game then on Broadway, near
he Firm Avenue hotel. Buchanan
dropped IN there one day, after a peri0d
OF consecutive winnings. He had nl.nIy
"l money. lie hought five stacks of chins
anu hrgah his play. HIS i'll luck az this
suing was As remarkable rs his success
a. previous pays had been. No matter
now ne pLtleC IA card he seemed To gel
me worst of il. The best turns he 90,
| qua OF 81 900 was a split and a stand OH.
lie played p ogres~iOn. A six hours
| play cost hiru $4,000.
'Pai Petlbune was one of tho est
| players, was he nut?" asked a u,mh4r
~ 'he party, who had, up To this ii ne,
SAL title.
'Pruinone, Lucky Paddy, as he was
called, was one man Who hurt John
! MorrisNey. He took 100000 out of the
game at No SIS BroadWa y, aud at Sara
t"Aa ne also inade Il big winding. But
| speaking or luck, there was old man
dancer, VINO ran day game down tow
a'd a night game on Elizabeth street
JUST below IloUstOn; you Remember.
Harry Hi.
"Who that saw his crooked law coula
forget hln? lie was one of The wealth.
est gamblers Ia the city. When he died
~" let ms daughter u cool million, and
w tht way, what 10 you suppose she
"What?"
Gave 1t in requests to The Methodist
book concern add various Mp,hndist
churches thron hnut the country"
DECD No ABOUT A woMAN,
"one"i the strangest things know
w. shld another of the party, "was the
lurh thai Al Bruce, now dead, made for
w." customers AZ the old game at No.
bl6 Broadway. There was "A couple of
fellows nom Jersey, who always trav-
eled together. They played regularly
Az biO. One was tall, stouliy huili
llne' nIaulN looking irllaw, white the
"lhtr locked like boy dressed in his
.Athrr'N clothes. We us Il To call them
David and Goliath. They had ON,
W"ket-oonk, however, aud were fast
friends. They fell Ia love with tine
same woman. Is TN had money, 80 the
man cared little when one she
nad, so long as his money lasted.
One day they tame into the bank
ana tOlu Al. tuey wanted him to turn
the cards for them to see who would
nave lhe woman. As they were la
earnest Al. put 40 the cards Each man
put u c'ip ON card, it being agreed that
he one that lost should win the rirl.
Iliath het on the ace and e aspjit.
David cnpppred his hpt on the st'yru
'nd also got II split They shifted their
bets, David cupnering the trev and
Goliath playing the king open. Neither
ul Tue cdris showed uu'il near the END
ol the deal, when the KING lost aud the
trev won TniS you sre made them
Oo'h losers on the one turn. The pack
WAS made up again aud they bet ON
rnlurs, aud the woman fell tp David.n
"rhose We're good old Limes," said a
well-known sporting man, who han
pened In just NJ this moment, "hui since
he law revoked the liberty Of the green
rlOth fraternity, the various games In
the city have been carried on with con
Sdcrapl risk. 'NOthin' duin',' il Inc
answer everywhere you turn nova.
DAYS"
No banks at present, hut consider the
poker games open in New York." re.
JOlueu ne of the ,umher. Il il bet
There are Gems of games within y
hlprk at this place, To say nothing of the
rluhI ana ne playing going on in pri-
and no game played with short
cards has greater interest 10 the pla,
ler," returned auUl her. "S, much de.
pends upon the draw and upon the man
nrruf play that H. ranks foremost among
all the games at chance"
S1,UOONA SING Il HAND.
VI wonder II there are any big games
IN New York uuu?"
"SeverW, played In one not varv
long ago myself. 1 kept at II until rot
rruke, aud then auuthur mpu tuuk INV
place aud the game went on until ID was
The argcst had EVER seeu. There were
ave perStnS III the party, all utter
Strangers To each uther. The ANTE las
SO and no HINT. The PLAYERS were
srantod privilege, however. Nearly
every deal the players would all stay
~ aud the pots were cuusi lornhlt, rs
always '>rrn' 10y the entire party. Al
Neeuel determined "a stay. iirfure that
amu closed | SAW 5000 slakpd on a
,ingl' hand, Uud pair ui dures Hni twu
i'rN WON'T. 10 started in an y Drag aud
vas 'hlutlrd' up until one at the players
hld "a rise To- his privilege"
"P kcr j. prpul ~ amuug our business
m ~, | guess, tuuY"
81 should say 50. Among the local
PLAYERS, IL Is said theru ave lew harder
Ia beat than .uue OF tine men down
/ Town who play tor iuu, but pun dnvu a
few thousand to give The game Il vnr.
tUb men also indulge In tho pastiup,
but LeuriAlly nj SOME private rendrz.
NnuS ui their own, and not ia the club
rooms. InO ladies', too, have becuunB
Infatuated with the game. II is re-
counted Of one lady In society that she
Kept an account nr her winnings aud
losses, aud that the former exceeded
the latter by 500
A.. "Dues anyone know how the game
orisinated, and how u was hrst intro
ductd To public faNorg'
"Certainly. Its invention has baan
traced hack To A Tennessee sporting
man, who taught ITS FIRST principles
abnut 1871. | have forgotten his name,
but he lived near Nashville. The fact
that he originated the game, however,
did not prevent his going brOye many
times before he passe la hiS checks for
good Poker is u fascinating game.
There are attractions about the game
thas no other possesses"
"ls H. played according to lloyle?"
asked young man, who up 10 tins time
hal not spoken.
"Oh my, no! IL is played according Ia
Schenck" replied HWr, lilll, winking
~ the Mail aud Express reporter. "Bul
llovle Or Schenck, or however il b.
governed, ! want none oft In NINE"
"Me, tool" was chOrused in answer by
the entire party.
MIR. w. II. Allen, Ennis, says; al wa
In aNoryleeble condition both mentally