Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-08-24
LONG BRANCH SPORTS.
Men who Win or Lose Fortune In SIN
gle Night.
uonc Branch Letter to the Philadelphia Tines.l

rIonc Branch Letter 10 the PhilhielPnia iiiies'I
There il either not so much money inthe
o,,,,,,4rr, or the New York brokers are Dre
,outio5s and thrifty with their abundlut
cash than they were ten years age.
There are no Woerishofers this year 70
lose $40 600 during q midnight seance De-
tween a chicken sandwich ana bottle OF
Roedarer Young Work. wall street
80 no LONGER laws down 800 on the ice
and " paralees his bet waiting TIL hls SiOO
gots 70 he i'm four turns of the card, eltner
ar 400 or nothing-usually the latter.
Ouite as many people come on racng
DAYS. hut thousands now come on ralng
Jays in tbe noon train. bet and lose tier
money. ono in twenty, maybe, winning,
and then 20 home the same day:
John DAILY. the famous gamn ler' nam
noes to hold bis own with ms GUIDE
Counsellor. and friend, William ii. Busted,
10 ,,oparer who is a nephew Of "Gori-
ous Dick Busteed.n still "rounder NJ
eiobtv wears of age, a hale and well-)re-
served New York lawyer. who was male
iudce in Alabama in war times by ARA
nam Lincoln. DAILY himself is one OF the
most geutlemanly men who ever shufied
"keerls.n He admits there Is not the
money in roulette and faro there usei to
While Ed. Marks. Of Philadelphia, se'ms
70 be tho responsible man IN the manage
ment of Phil. DAYS great gambling pa
CODA, one Of the lesser hight, Is Shaney
Walsh n contemporary Of Tweed, Cn-
nelIv. and Ingersoll. Walsh Is the nan
who during war times was on the rltht
side of Wall street rs n broker, and vho
once lost $4,000 in a single night WITH
John Morrissey al his big game IN Iwelty-
fourth street, New York.
Walsh. who is man of siXty-eight, has
been a lifetime friend of Phil. DAILY lie
saws: a gambler, like q policeman; has
no happy lot. Ireckon you think we nave
won 500. 900 since July 4th. Well, YOU are
mistaken. July 25th last we. were Sl01oO
loser. and on August attn we had reducedthe
amount 10 $4,000. and we may get eien
before we close our game September l9in.
But from this YOU readily perceive there u
NOT millions in it, Later on / Will iell
Won how Philadelphia Fred as Fred. IS
nor is called. Won $4,000 IN n single BET
| that Nasterlode would beat Santiago TINS
season at Saratoga. And Philadelphia
| Fred picked up his 100000, and he stands
| TO win as much more on his horse Legac7.
But the most maryellously lucky man OF
| the season is Frank Snyder, OF New OK
| who is interested now with John Daiy
| came at the Long Branch Club. Snyder
| +. a bright Young New Yorker, who IS call
| ed the Senator. He lost $4,000 on inc
i
| horses last year. He came here July 4.f
with 50 in his pocket, and at his first race
| bv PLAYING the field against the iayorl-e
! he won $3.50. From that hour everything
| lie touched turned 10 gold.
No single horse he bet on lost, and tho
odds he got were simply tremendous; ahe
John DAILY told me tonight that Fran
! SNYDER was nova capitalist worth clOU'OO
I which he had won since the racing seas9I
began. and" continued DAILY. lit Will b'
a very cute and a reasonably wise man whC
| will Get any Of Frank Snyder's CAPITA
away from him, for | regard him ms t'
/ brainiest as well as the luckiest man d
| the turf in America
We do not near of the losers, but only o
the Great winners. The fortunes that u'
lost here in a season would build Girg,
colleges. but the gamblers, like Tennyson'
! brook. 90 on forever. and wnen one tall
ont bv the wayside there is some FOOLS
scion Of a lucky millionaire ready to tax
| his place,