Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-07-03
SUPERSTITIONS
Of THE MEN WHO BATTLE WITH
1.-THE TIGER"
Luck May Lie i'm Black Kitten--Ths
Fortune That Waits on n "Coon's"
Drcam-A Crooked
Pin-IOst.

fChicaGo Herald Interview
"You nay believe in luck or you may
not believe in it" said well KIN wn
sporting man. y GU Mty not think there
is aaythirs H. surcrsiition, or lou may,
bu, tell you there's leap in it, and
there is not a gambler N this town who
has not his rc' supcrstitiol and governs
Lins-I accorlingiE Why, look here,
t,c o,nrr day found Lack kitten on
tic Sidewalk near my house 1t wanted
10 lie fam Uar with nc, and picked it up,
carried il into tn" mouse and gave it
Ted That day / came down town and
made u Lis WIN agaiust the bank, and
have been winning ever since.
- on ask any OF these fellows if they
believe in sU"it things and they'll tell you
there is nothing in it, but they ali have
their signs and their lucky lumJers, and
their lucky o.hcs, and a hundred things
| can't repeat. for all that There's Pat
Shcedy. Wasn't he sitting in bad luck
one night and losing every bet he put
down, when he got up, went home,
changed every rag of clothes he had on
his back, then turned and made the big
gest win he ever made in his life? No;
guess there's nothing in it. but they all
play it as i there was, Just the
same. they are always on the
LOOKOUT Tor solnethng lou know the
'coons' are great for policy and they are
always cleaning numbers. Now. if a
gambler can only get onto C on's'
dream hes 1lXed. ION allls was walk
ing down state street one day and he
passed TWO 'coons very busy talking. AS
he passed he heard one say; i tell you,
honey, dream ii, Z, twice; you 20 buy
two gigs and saddle. Now, Tom Is
high roller and plays bank for all there
is in it. lie turned round when he h, ard
those numbers, went up to is, and
played the pot, which s'pose you know
IS the 3, ana 8, Tor all he could get in It,
1t won for him, one deal eleven times in
succession. and he played the limit And
lie played 1t all day and nothing else.
aud he won big pile tell YOU. NO,
there nothing i'll 1t, but they all do it.
Il know gamblers, he continued,
who VIII never play against certain deal
ers. nor Ii certain persons are in the room.
lhey thlnk they hoodoo them, that they
| gave them bad luck by looking at them.
Ihey Will curse some fellow for 'hoodoo'
up hill and down dale Ihon there are
players who, II you touch ole of their
chips, or put one OF yours on top of theirs
think YOU give them back luck and that
they VIII lose, certain. oker players
all believe In lucky seats, and III the run
OF the cards, and IN lucky decks OF cards,
| ana 50 90 the most OF bank payers.
| lhey IL walk round their chair three
times IN order to change their luck. some
men won't lend money to their most iuti-
mate friend While they are playing, be-
| cause IL gives Their luck away. Others
believe IN lucky pieces OF money. Old coins
win certain date on them or some mark
or other.
Il knew an old player who hal lucky
slxpence lie did seem TO be mighty
lucky Tor a long time. But one time he
got broke down to his siXpence. He laid
that down on card and told the dealer
ne would make IL good Tor quarter.
me dealer knew MN ana knew about his
slXpehce lie turned and the slXpence
was swept INTO the I'LL. y GU see, zoe,
SAID the dealer, there's nothing in IT..
lou know II II hau peen such lucky
piece lor Joe he ought not TO nave lost IL
80 II must have been something else that
gave Joe lis run OF luck.
NO gambler IN his seuses Will ever pick
up crooked pm on the street or one ly-
lnS crosswlse WIN the way he Is waking
lie way TO PICK up pm is to have the
head turned toward you; l know some
say that the Joint should be towards you,
and have heard that old TLAd stevens,
VINO was great gambler would only PICK
H. up win the point toward HIM. We
tried all ways but pins don't seem to
allect my luck one way or the other A
1our'leai clover 10 a great thing to find to
prihg 1eIIow good luck but they are
aDodt as scarce As good luck Is generally.
nnger rlng that they build Il heap on.
v ,taNneS las finger rlnr that money