The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-25

Weeks INesU We CShhtbe W
Park, and I was going 90 get home all my
Losses. i laid G1asOO to Es,O0O on Harpcn-
den, which got heat in n canter ny Hume
next racr. Still / could do no good. In
fnct I lost E1b,0OO that day.
His gambling experience i'm cards were
playing j., bar none, the worst game ever
and IL hc should have money
again he snys hc would never touch an
.The first big deal.'' he says. ~ ever
had I'm this dirsctiou i'm England, and after
I came of age. was at the Field club. and,
used tn play very high indeed have
won and lost there fi6,OoO or E1',OOO a
night"
fact that hc played ~irr,guiariy and for all
sorts of stakes. There war no system
about his puntine. He thus relates how
niids, and what became of il. "To give
some idea of the amount of conceit ! must
have had ia me-. although i think my enc
was not obtrusive. { actually went and
took On the champion, Roberts. at pyra.
mids: l should think no man in the world
could have been sd superior ant his profess
sion ~ John Roberts, because l dom
one could have selected n man
so far above Others i'm his. own calling
to have attacked. Nothing loath. Roberts
at once accepted my challenge. Tie
began Try owing mo five pyramid balls.
which really any good amateur could
sst~fII - oS1Iy u bitE u wssS ~
tremendously good player. We played
many games. he gradually increasing tho
points given me. on account OF the money
he was winning from me, and ended by
giving me every ball on the table except
one. aud playing behind his back. He
wound mp 10y owing me li and laying w"
nothing, and l laid him eloO to a that I
would win the game. j ran i'm twicc,i,nd
curious "a relate, of n fiuk. took two
balls and won the. game, and did win tho
SOVEREIGN. This little experjcI,cs cost mo
about 600"
On ore occasion. playing at chcrnin-ic
600 in about AS many minutes. What fol-
lowed upon this Incident in thus told
Next morning Sir. George .Chctwynd
course he began by asking me il it were
true hat l hal lost all his money. Being
pressed like that, / had tn admit that what
this made him very angry. why don't
yo,,' he asked me-, get the remainder Of
your fortune together. and throw il ont of
chance of your friends getting "a little of
IL. A. il *, You are apparently not con-
tent with throwing money about all over
lying about under YOUR bed.' had one
great gamble i'm my rooms and lost E27.-
OO to "a fellow who behaved very kindly
tn me. for not only did he let me get out of
the money. but | actually got mp the win
ner of f1Oo from him. At that time ] had
Clcnty of money and could have paid him
tIbt fUt h' Ntft hpt al W
bencnt by my inex irricncc-dcar old
ON another occasion. having lost about
E15.OD at u S~audown meeting, he looked
i'm az Park place to try and get il all back
at baccarat. "After an extremely excit-
ing game I did so, and, being most aw-
someone said: 'Oh, you must take am.
other hank Tins I was foolish enough
to agree tn. hut my luck had turned. and
lost all my winnings and flO,uIo lnors. he
Sides"
We must quote i'm brief the opinions of
Mr.. Bcnzon on hookmakcrs and money
~ have.' he writes. "a good opinion Of
b~ookmakcrs generally. I know il il the
fashion for hackers who lose money 10y
their own stupidity tn abuse. the ring
roundly, and say that bookmakers are the
biggcst thieves alive: But for my own
part ann glad II the opportunity tina,
always found them straightforward with
me; and, considering what % Hat l was,
they, offered me what were, upon the
ring money, and they have not. with one
or two exceptions. bothered ne For it,"
4 ci,ap,er Of the book is devoted :"
he left london he had only E2Jl
in his pocket. Dame Fortune favored
him at the outset, for on hci way he won
Paris. On arriving at Monte Carlo he
won another c1.OOO in "a few minutes 10y
,6ar n..snS, ., iin S,ark s;m at the hs E Eai nsn TABLES
To lose every shilling he had in the world
He was at "a loss what tn do. when to his
establishment he met a friend. who lent
him ESQ. with which he soon parted ~,
the tables. 1.-THE rapidity with which one
can lose money here is" says MIR
Bcnzon. 'simply awful. saw on,
friend OF mine, J. W., lose Ell ,OOl
in about two hours" He does not think
the pigeon shooting mt Monte Carlo st
good as ut Birmingham or Brighton. where,
in 1857. he lost ES.OOO in one afternoon
AZ FOR the play at the gaming tables. IN.
thinks il * perfectly fair, "and exciting
enough tai satisfy any gambler" In treat
ing of London tradcsiucu he says: "Thcy
are, as "a body. the most bringing, suppl.
eating crowd of people when they want
you to purchase one can possibly imagine
hut when the scene il changed. and the.
want their money. they are at one and the
same time most brutal and overbearing IN
their character"
In IA "Retrospcct" Mr.. Benzon sums ur
his experiences, and in conclusion oh
serves: ~ freely admit that the Jubilee
year was one big mistake so far as i was
personally concerned. At the same time
should I ever again come into money. i dc
not believe that the experiences of that, "a
me. Inflated period. will prove to have
been otherwise than advantageous"
"Mr. Bepzon perez writes u correspond.
cpt in the city. '.took that name i'm lieu OF
his own wbcn hc married the one hs
adopted being that of his wife. When th,
fashion of ladies' ~crinolincs was intro
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