Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-19
EARE DEAIIEKS.
~, = Man Mast bn 10 Become an
EvnrIt Dealer.
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.vo, soa that vOrE!t r.an ~ said q well
o,n member OF the sporting fraternity
rapor.er. well, he is orc OF :he
,v,ert fare dealers have ever seen,
snd ION can bet have seen many stack
- cn,ps distributed by neE Of his profce-
.ior - Tne YOUNG wgn IN question, who
s'' al spc, AN enconium from tDn sport
eNN?,,1,. appeared utterly unconscious OF
b. LINERS sdmiring LOOKS as he care
lpssly saunt2red oE.
,,Ths. man will never want FOR employ
,onr. his expertness on the cloth of green
.,es him n good situation go long as he
ln len's disucsed 20 work. 1t is really a
Ions,,re TO see that mau deal the cards,
Pooasag glance like lightning, and as he
ms the cards he chances with marvellous
oriJitv over tAe layout, and can tell IN
an instant what bets to pay and take.
nnfs he make mistakes? Well, no. not
-. ba's roo expert hand at the business.
I'D the plavers can't mig on him. Ana
anIt abor keeping cool; why, man, have
Soan that fellow deal the cards cooily and
coIlectedly while men around him have
beon trenzied with rage al losing; knives
and pistols have been nOurlshed, but
that dpa er has never been known to
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even" , o.,
"He must receive large salary?'
M. Won are mistaken. No, my ideal
nro dealer, and most all others. work an
eight hour shift tor$5. There was time
when good dealer could have COM
manded twice that amount. but things are
nbanoed now; there are too many OF
tnem. In Leadvllle, however. faro
dealers are Their better paid: but the
dealers harvest is in Virginia City.
There the dealer draws the boss salary.
twelve dollars day and living of the
draw is what they make. You see, when
fbey teel like eating, they c0Olly slip out
-fver ana pocket it. That constitutes
living out OF tine draw But they can't
do that in Denver: the game won't work
here But you can only rely on a faro
dealer earning his salary. It's hard work,
foo. Eight hours steady sitting with the
monoton0us clicking of the chips and the
muttered curses OF the losers continually
ringing IN ones ears weary man in a
short time"
"What kind of man makes a good
faro dealerV
well. you can gamble that he isn't a
fool Many OF them are well educated
men. Some poor devil who gets stranded
out here has an aptness for cards, per-
haps. and liking tor the excitement of
gambling. Now, what does he do? He
can't go hungry, so he takes to dealing
cards. To be tirst-class dealer a man
must be devoid of nerves. He acts
for the game Just as a wheel does for a
wagon. He is a machine, in TACT. He
mast be quick, and never afford to get
ratified. II he does he is liable to make
lots Of bulls, lin paying and the house gets
done up badly. By all odds a faro dealer
does the hardest work IN a gambling
house. Yet, taken all together, l think
they are an honest set. OF course, some
Of the boys gamble on the deal occasion
ally, but they are very sly when they at
tempt TO plav such tricks"
How about the keno dealers and those
who preside at the rouge-et-noir tables?
Do they draw large salaries ?" Queried the
reporter.
"We!I, they are paid differently. In
most places they are allowed a certain
percentage and in others they receive so
much per day. Generally they get about
Is per day"
The writer then went to another we'll
EnOwn gambling place in search of fur
her information. AS ne entered the var
lOus games we're running in full blast and
The tables were crowded with motley
crowd. Side by side stood men with the
ou0yancv OF youth depicted on their faces.
and those whose c0untenances plainly
tod the hopeless struggle of lifetime
In corner remote from the swaying, eX-
cited crowd sat man with pale face and
emaclated form. AS he sat in silence,
doubtless ponderlng over an eventful
career, MS c0untenance suddenly bright
ened and his watchGul eye glistened as
he responded to the reporters saluta-
4 Ton.
The man was--,a once celebrated
'aro dealer, who has dealt cards in the
n oil hn Iara nSN
i sand
res" said he. 81 have been a faro
'esler. Pm broke now, but haven't for
gotten the game; oh, no! | have made
money, TOO, and in my time | have en-
p9yed many Dealers" and the eyes of the
Nd sport gistened as he recalled the
uMuppns OF previous days. Continuing,
he old dealer said:
"Pshaw, these faro dealers OF the pres
snt day make me tired. l guess there
are a hundred faro dealers in Denver to-
aay' out out OF that number there are not
hore tnan nall dozen whom Iregard as
aealers. Why, at the present time any
uan can deal cards. 1t don't require any
rams az ALL that idea is all nonsense.
why, know or a fellow In Leadyille-a
common, ordinary biscuit shooter-who
one nignt with couple of dollars in his
p,oeahet Oucked the game and won about
eO. The next day he sat behind table
glg as lie dealing faro like an old-timer.
i inat man to-day is worth not less than
e4oJU. Yet those who are frst-class
DEALERS now are more expert than the
aeaIers OF thirty years ago.
Nnen gambling first began in Denver
1 was when currency was unknown.
mere were some few gold coins of vari-
us denominations, but when a man
ksnoied he was always provided with his
niue Dag OF gold-dust. When he bought
us ehips the dealer weighed out so much
su,u-uust, and the dealers soon became so
s1pert mat they could tell almost at a
siehoe now much dust to
SAe out OF the bag. or course
s s Oh dust dropped on the saw
'ust hoors used in those davs and ouita
sleh the sawdust was PANIED out. ana the
Soys generally got considerable for their