The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-03-21
From The Ne,o YORK. Herald.


with all nations and classes, in all ages. In
Greece laws were enacted for its suppress
sion. The Goths and Vandals not only
risked fortune, but liberty, on the single
throw of dice. English history proclairns
the Normans. Saxons and Danes to have
been gamblers, and in Henry VII 8 reign
the use of cards was prohibited, except at
Christmas holidays. James |. left on
record that "when it is foule and storme
weather there may be lawful play at the
cards or tables" Charles II. forbid gaming
n all its forms, while Queen Anne de-
clared gambling debts void. From those
DAYS until these the gambler has been very
properly under the ban. But as there has
always been gambling there ALWAYS will be.
Some men are born gamblers, and if Won
offered odds enough they would bet YOU
that the sun would not rise on the morrow.
Fifteen years ago Bony Nash, Cincinnati
gambler who was i'll of a dropsical affection,
bet on Tuesday that he would die before
Saturday, and won the bet by dying Friday
noon.
MONTANA NO PLACE FOR TENDERFEET.
They play pretty stiff poker game out
in Butte, Mont, if all stories are to be be-
lieved. A winning of $4,000 is thought to
be about the proper caper when they are
running your way, and if you go that
amount in the hole you are expected to look
pleasant when you put on your overshoes.
When the big ones get at it they take down
the skylight, and then it's smoking hot. One
night tenderfoot dropped in and asked if
he could come in. 20, yes, if he wanted
to-" There was then $1,000 on the table.
and after the hand was played the new
conner put aside his fur-lined overcoat
and silk tile and presented a crisp 500 bill
for chips. The banker-they have bankers
in poker games out west-looked surprised
The players looked at each other and then
at the stranger. ."Well, what's the matter.
gentlemenw said the easterner with bland
smile. "Ain't in the gamew There was
a silent moment. why, of course" said
the dealer; ''here, banker, come up for this
gentleman; he wants white chip" You
couldn't have kept the traveller in that place
with lasso. He left town that night on
an eastbound freight train.
TWO HIGH ROLLERS OF THE METROPOLIS.
Maj. Crump and Charlie Ransom were
two of the best known ali round gamesters
New York ever produced. They were
associated for quarter of a century at the
Shakespeare Club on West Twenty-fifth
street. TIE major laid by a fortune Of
$4,000, while Ransom was squeezed by
Wall streets firms who had lost through
clerks. Crump loved the Jackpot, pure
and simple, while Ransom was clairvoyant
on horses. He never lost $4,000 on the
turf, while he won over S250,000 at
Saratoga alone. He could lose $4,000 at
faro and win 100000 on the turf in one
season. The Shakespeare Club catered to
the swells, while Morrissey, around in
Twenty-fourth street. played the heavy
gamblers game. In Morrlssey's, one night,
party of California miners lost $3.50, 900 at
baccarat, and came next night and won it
al ha0l Of 70 Elv1 nf.O
from Morrissey at a single sitting, which
cured John of his propensity for heavy bet
ting at faro. Morrissey died with less than
$4,000 after his debts we're paid.
THE PETTIBoNE-CLEvELAND FARO DUEL.
The two swell gamblers of New York in
the old days were Pettibone and Cleveland,
The latter was Philadelphian, while Petit
bone came from Tennessee. They mad a
faro duel one night. They had been part
ners ia game in Philadelphia in 1857 and
quit as enemies They met at No. Bar
clay street. "I'll settle with YOU" said
Pettibone to Cleveland. who was tall,
raw-boned, elegant specimen physically,
Gin q game for 100000 at a single
sitting. Come on!n Cleveland re-
piled. The green baizs was cleared
and the tiger had no COM
bstants IN sight but the two middle
aged gamblers. At it they went. Petit
and began to grow white around the gills.
The next deal he was loser to the tune Of
$4,000, for there was no limit. The seventh
deal the nervy Tennessean made a call for
$4,000. He won, picking up $4,000, and
by midnight he had won every dollar Of
Cleveland's money. They parted as friends,
and were afterward partners at Hot
Springs, Ark. They soon bought the Blue
Pig, famous faro cottage at Cape May.
CHARLEY PERKINS KNEW HIS COMPANY.
Among the dead games poker has to be
played falr-or, to be exact-as fair as poker
is played by those who know all the ms and
outs. That, however, does not entitle the
uninitiated to come in, and If they do they
may pay very expensive tuition. One of
the hyest gamblers Western New York ever
turned out was Charley Perkins He was
also known to the lovers of the prize ring,
as he always attended man fights OF i'm
portance. Perkins knew poker by heart, and,
as goes without saying, knew his company
One night he was playing in stiff game
at resort in st. Charles street, New Orleans
1t was simply a question of winning or
walking back to Rochester As he sat
thumbing his corner the people looking on
noticed that his shirt front was fest becom-
ing a sight to behold. He was chewing
tobacco at q fierce rate, and though usually
scrupulously neat in his personal appear
ance presented disgusting spectacle. At
last it became unbeatable and one of his
friends said, ''For Gods sake, Charley. why
don't you use the cuspidorm "Use nothing,
fool" was the reply, this yer hain't no sort
O. game to be lookin' round in"
no USE BUCKIEG AGAINST sANDED CARS
Out west they play stud poker great
deal. They might as well play that as the
regular game, for they have changed that
until it is quite different from that known
to eastern sports. They allow the one
sitting at the left of the dealer to pass and
then back in and raise before the draw, and
have plenty Of other innovations. They
also use on occasion what are commonly
known as sanded cards. That is, pack is
prepared with q piece of sand paper, certain
small marks 80 given places indicating
King, queen, ace, etc. With these cards
the dealer, who has sanded tho deck,
knows exactly what is in mis- oppo
nent's hands, and lie also knows the top
card, which he can probably finger" to suit
the occasion. On the Pacific slope they
generally use "angel back" cards, or paste
boards, bearing on their backs the picture
OF an angel. A few years ago young
player from Michigan met Luke Short in
Arizona and did him out Of $14, 900 by sub
stituJing ON the table two packs Of sanded
cards. And it was in Shorts own
gambling house. 1t is almost impossible to
detect sanded cards. except by the play Of
the man who has fixed them. He eyes the
deck rather TOO anxiously and plays with too