The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-03

AhuNAAAE railway 10 AAhG Tue lIalls II lH an
Unconditional crowd as a rule. There are
many boys ranging from Is to 25 10 age
They are smoking invariably. Generally the
crowd which board the ! O'Clock train num-
hers between 200 and 800. Others have gone
before, and others will follow, either on foot
or in cabs. The distance Is short. The
train hardly starts before it stops to
let the molly crowd tumble of. All break
into run as soon as they get on the ground.
At the entrance to the first pool room are
two fruit stands. each guarded by colored
hunchback. As the crowd tumbles along the
hunchbacSs turn their backs so as TO expose
their defOrmity, and as the stream Of men
rush in their IS a jingle OF coppers il the lit,
tie tin cups. aud almost as many rubs
punches and hurried crosses upon their
bumps. The poor detormed creatures know
their business and the gambleFs' supersti-
tion. .sr-- Isr-. ......'.
The entries Of the races and odds posted
are studied at first Some bets are made
by those who have straight tips. Others
wander off to theside games in adjoining
rooms and then come hack agaia. Many
touts sell tips. There is q general air OF I'm
patience. The crowd increases, until the
cry goes out. They're off at the Gutm
Then there is a surging in OF the players at
the side games. The Stiffness is broken by
comments in an undertone on the merits OF
the favorites. The cry of Go Lucky at
the quarter, Mint second, " brings out OK
olamations Of pleasure or disgust. go
Lucky in the, stretch, Mint second,
Penzance third pleasure and dis
faces of those backing the different
horses. Those backing Mint say: ut was
all fixed up three days ago. Mint will
''Go Lucky wins by a,.neck, Mint second,
Penzance third No The race is over. The
winners get their tickets cashed, and the
losers throw theirs away. Then the whole
thing is gone over again, or until the last
race is run.
Between the races the thimble-rigger,
with his four or five confederates tries to
rope in the unwary. ~ hide, you seek.
Two to one if you pick it. That is the way
we doit. lose it, you find it.' But green
horns are scarce. A course of three wears
has educated them to avoid the apparently
innocent game.
Next to the races, the game of crap is the
most popular. 1t is supposed that only col
ored men, or coons, as they are called,
''shoot de bones" 1t is unquestionuby their
favorte game. In three OF the places the
boards are reserved entirely for them. A
Sun reporter went into one of these places
He found wide table about eight feet long,
surrounded three deep by the dirtiest, lowest
specimens Of the negro. Each player in turn
throws two dice, his object being to mako
MS EOlIbs Htl1loObNoA uQllObA klhJ may Do.
If he throws seven on the first throw only,
the bank pays all players the amount
each had up. After the first throw,
if seven be thrown again, the
bank wins. IL at any time the player
makes his point the bank pays There are
other fine points in the game the reporter
did not grasp. But as each player throws
the dice down on the long table, sometimes
its entire length, he waits until they are
about tn GnftIa ard than bn and ba OIL
players snap the fingers of their right hand
and give a grunt like a woodmln who puts
his axe home. Then they interchange the
swapping Of fingers with cries of Come
bones" or good bones" Come St
George" The interest is maintained through
the game. At 25 cents chip large sum
can be won or lest at this game in short
time.
There are probably thousand regular
habitues of the Monte Carlos Of Washing
ton like the young Sons Of senators or rep
resentatives, boys whose parents think they
are at school, men having small business
interests such as market stands, clerks IA
departments, secretaries of senators, and
clerks Of committees, cab drivers, car COZ
ductors and negroes. No color line is drawn
at Monte Carlo. Perhaps there is no place
in the United States. at least in Virginia,
where the fifteenth amendment is observed
SO universally. The black mans money is
as good as the white mans.
tlBut T. q bill which Senator Mashback in
PRODUCED has another object in view, and
that il the breaking up of the policy writing
at the Virginia end Ct what is now called
the Free Bridge. The place is frequented
by colored men. The policy writer's, too,
have been forced out of the district Not a
line is permitted to be written in the district
limits. Detectives are stationed at the
Washington end of the bridge who search
suspicious persons for evidences Of
policy writing. The law Is enforced
fnllY when q policy writer is detected
The game Of policy depended formerly
on the drawing made as Louisville or
New Orleans. The results we're telegraphed
over the country, but since the anti-lottery
law there is no way Of verifying the draw
ings immediately, although it is alleged that
they are continued. There is every indca-
ton, il the drawings are made, that they
are suited TO the books Of the writer. The
influence exerted by the places on the Vir-
GINA shore, thanking. as they do, Airing
ton, the old Lee homestead is demoralizing,
and the people of Washington, even those
who indulge in poker and other games of
chance occasionally, are in favor of the pas
sage of the bill introduced in the Virginia
legislature.