Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1892-05-08
ELKO, NEVADA, SUNDAY, MAY s, 1892.
A GAMBLING PRINCE.
No One Thought 1t Strange When George
". Lnat SD. roo.

iV. Lost So, roo
Coclsfghting, as might be expected,
bullts largely as one OF the diversions of
the Man of Pleasure and Enterprise"
and many pages nre filled with its rec
ords. laws and approved principles. as
well Us discussions on the merits of the
different piles" or colors-ginEcr rcd,
Eirchcn yellow, and pied pile each hav-
ing Its enthusiastic adherents- PugiI-
ism, too, being then at tho zenith, Is the
subject of continuous chronicle. One Is
reminded of the truly heroic scale ON
which gambling prevailed among our
Ercat-grandfathcrs, says the National
Observer In our own day the unfortu-
rate Mr.. Benzon is regarded rs n youth
~ exceptionally little sagucity. and
though plenty of misery Is still Matched
il private hclls the Jubilee Jugyins"
has had few rivals. Gambling and bet
ting disputes were often the subjects of
litigation. Perhaps an English Judge
vas never called upon to decide more
-rotcsque case than that arising out of
= wnTer between the carl of March and
H!r. Pigot- The former bet 1000 guincas
u SoJ that Sir William Codrinqton, ngcd
'J, would outlivc Mr.. Pigot's father,
Il ed 40. Unknown to any Of the par
'.es, Mr.. Pigot's father happened TO
hIvc died on that very morning on
hearing which Mr.. Pigot. Jr.. refused to
pay up, md was sued by Lord March.
The jury awarded the 500 guincas--a
decree that was sustained. on appeal,
by the lord chief justice and other
judges. Even cricket, which, rs we
know IL, has n charm for our country
men, independent of all Dccuuiary slim
uiant used formerly To bc played for
heavy stakes. For instance, twenty
two OF Middlcscx play eleven of Eng
llnd 1T Lords August 20, 1903, for ] 900
guincas. and win IL. The return match,
for like sum, comes of September o,
and MiddlcseS wins again. a thousand
guincas seems To have been the usual
stIEcs in k-st-cILs:i matches. fCr in the
same year we read OF Essex plnvinr
tlcrts and Surrey playing All-England
FOR that sum; moreover Surrey twice
Won 1909 guincaS that season from the
luclslcss county of llants. Then iucrcd.
iblc sums nre stated to have been lost
and won at billiards. In n single dny's
play, December 81, 1903, Mr. lIr-gh-n
is recorded to have lost GI5,oJJ to
I-s-n B--ck-li, although early in the
play the former stood q winner of
EI,OOo. a few months later the prince
OF Wales Is said to have lost 1900
guincas in single nights billiards ut
Whites club gentleman whose name
Mr. Whcblc does not disclose.
Tho Innowing Tide.
The official figures show that immi-
grafton is on steady increase In the
United States. For the seven months
ended January 81, 1892, the total num-
ocr OF immigrants, not including those
from Mexico and the British possessions,
was 2s3,4l0, against 244,046 in the same
months of the previous year. A ma
jority OF these immigrants are, fortun.
atcly, from Great Britain. Scandinavia,
Germany, France and the Netherlands,
countries from which our original pop
ulntion chiefly sprang But the figures
also show that Russia, Italy, Poland
and hungary contribute extensively to
our national increment, and the fact Is
OF significance in view OF the measures
being adopted to prevent deterioration
NJ Ian nat ,,l II.