The morning news., 1888-07-15
THE AMERICAN MONTE CARLO.
Points About the Biggest Gambling
Resor. in the World

ReeOr. in the " ORIG
Ngw YORK. July I4.-Long Branch has
become the biggest gambling resort IN the
world. Clerical locking Pat Sheedy, late
manager Of John L Sullivan, who is re-
garded BIZ the sporting fraternity as one OF
the most talented gamblers IN the world, has
recently returned from tour u all the
resorts in Europe where gambling formed
popular prominent feature, and he says
none Of them come up 20 the resort On the
Jersey coast. He saws that there are larger
sums won and lost in q night az Long
Branch than there is at Monte caro- IN
week.
Persons like August Belmont, John Hoey
and Capt. William NJ Conno-, who nave
been ali owe Europe, say that there IS notn-
ing on the other side OF the water tLat VIII
comuare in msguihcence with the new Long
Branch gambling cub that has Just been
opened. The rOtunda where most OF the
gaming tables are situated IS capable OF
holding 700 people, and t1e finishing OF
this room alone cost over S2JJ DO. Each
chair cost over 800 and tue centre chande-
lier cost over $1,000. The ceiling is dl-
vdei of into large panels AID each panel
contains a paIntIng Of all the great EURO
pean racing events in which American horses
were the winners. There IS another club
house fully a. large as this one, and which
cost nearly as much money.
radica. change has come over life at
Long Bran within the last few years and
most Of the people who 20 there now 20 10
gamble ami sporting men can be found
there from every quarter Of the union. Al
most every night men lose s., 90 and some
tmss a great deal more and nothing IS
thought Of it. 1t was not on account Of
the amount that he lost aud won that young
Ed Walcott, the Colorado statesman, created
such a sensation both at Long Branch and
here IN New York this week. 1t was prIn-
cipally on account his prominence, and the
fact generally being conceded that be viii
be the next United States senator from his
State But among the sporting fraternity
he IS regarded as a man Of wonderful nerve.
Since the death Of one Of the WoTmSer
brothers, Of the Wall street banking firm,
who one night won $l7 900 at a Pennsylva-
MIA club while waiting for waiter TO bring
him a sandwich, no player has been since at
the Branch who has frightened the proprie-
tors Of the gambling houses 50 thoroughly
as the brilliant young Wacott Upon the
fist night Of his arrival he won S12, 900, and
the next night he lost 81, 900 at a rival es-
tablishment. He did not spend over two
hours at the faro table either during the
time he lost or won. The usual limit is one
hundred dollars, but the highest the young
westerner was given at the establishment
the other establishment they were more &C
commodating, and the limit was raised to
1900 1t is such players as he that break
the banks, and the gamblers at Long Branch
would ike 10 see Mr. Nalcott return to his
western home
A Kansas City real estate operator has
been livening things up as well. During the
week that he has been at the Branch he is
something like S2j, 900 ahead, and he says
ba ie afft tar 10 oil ba bag
him OF he Will not stop until he Is winner Of
10000. A Texas ranch owner who is
there has not been 50 fortunate, and he is al
ready out over $4,000.
Three Of the greatest gamblers in this
country, if not in the world, are now at
Long Branch. First is the notorious Billy
Deutsch, known on both sides Of the water
as the Prince of Baccarat, who broke the
bank at Monte Carlo and another one IN
Paris five years ago, and came out a winner
800 O00Of. Since then Deutsch has not
played much, and has confined his gambling
70 Wall street. But there are lots Of men
In Long Branch who are willing to back
him II be wants to try his luck, and IL he
once gets started he will make a long howl
among the gamblers The second is Dan
Rice the once famous clown. Rice has not
done much playing since he has been at the
Branch, nor has he for many years, principal
lY because he has had no money but he now
hasa wife who is worth over million who is
with him. Rice has been trying To persuade
her TO allow him totry his luck for the sake Of
Auld Lang Syne. In his day he was the
greatest gambler in this country, as he was
the greatest Snowman. | saw him sitting
in the magnificent Long Branch club at sup
per-a meal, by the way, that alone would
make the club famous-and ne was ind Ilg-
inE in "reminiscences Of some Of his big
games. Just before the war in New Or
leans, he put up half interest in his circus
against one of the finest Of Mississippi
steamt oats that day, and 100000 He
lost. Tnen he bet the other half of the cir
Gus against the one lost and he won. Rice
might have been where Barnum is to-day
had it not been for gambling and even the
gamblers tell that they hope he will not be-
gun again. The third is Pat Sheedy.
Sheedy is known among gamblers as "A man
who when he gets broke would take off his
clothes and bet them. Just before he be-
came the manager of Sullivan, he hadn't
dollar although little while before he was
one of the wealthiest sporting men in Chi
cago. Tine last big game that Sheedy was
In he played for fifty hours without closing
his eyes. He left the gaming table $50, 900
loser.
The brokers on Wall street are trying to
make up for dull times by going to Long
Branch. The favorite game is roulette, as
it is with the mjority Of people at that gay
resort. HARRY WALKER