Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-08-06

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wager money. / don't oftenA oes on
politics, but In the Garfield ans oIsus
campaign / won $4,000. ala not oe'
lIeve that General Grent could Do nomi-
mated and friend OF mine 10 chicago
wanted to bet $4,000 that he would.
went on to take the bet, when the man
said he would not wager money Win
me, as be regarded me as being 700
lucky. 1 placed the $4,000 Win
bookmaker and get enough out OF II so
that came home nearly $40, 900 to tue
good.
.eThey talk about the English system
NJ betting where the word or mouth
means everything, and no money Is put
mn. While that is not the rule In this
country there are great number OF III
stances where II Is true that mans
honor stands for his money. During
the Garfield campaign l had many or
ders for bets from men whom nave
never seen, and not single one OF them
went wrong. Every dollar wagered Was
Forthcoming when the decision Was
reached. / never lost . single oet
during that campaign. IL Is = won
der what you can do on 90. l was
walking up street one day WIZ Two
Guilds $50 in my pocket l nao no
thought OF playing In bank; out tho
impulse struck me to strike 1t just once
for two dollars. l did so, and l won
s., 600 at that sitting. / kept on playing
the game and won nearly 100000 De-
fore made q losing.
al have run fan.tan, faro, keno,
poker game and every other SOY, Oh
gambling known to the profession.
had six dealers in Chicago playing Tor
Chinese alone. Money Is wonderful
leyeler. I have played against all the
games in the United States from san
Francisco 10 Long Branch. Gamblers
are aIwsys superstitiouS Pat Sheedy,
for instance, will not play against me.
and there are other men as supersHhous
As he. They think the lucky star 10
with me, and / have frequently nAo
them get up from the table and refuse
10 deal the minute l entered the room
and began TO play.
"Why do live In Columbus7 IKE
this town. 1t gives me some RELIEF from
the exactions OF playing cards. When
| want dissipation ! 20 away from home:
When get a surfeit OF the whirlwind
of lie / come back here for rest,
where / have homo and all the COM
forts that man needs. Do drinkr
Yes, occasionally, but never follow 10
to the limit. No man can gamble and
drink liquor at the same tlme-thAt Is
and be successful. To play cards well
one must always have his wits aoout
him, and this is not possible when you
touch liquor too often.
What great gamblers have / known
I saw Harry Cleveland play 100000
faro duel with Pettibone, Of Tennessee,
the coolest gambler OF his time. Cleve-
land cleaned Pettibone out; didn't leave
him a red fish worth So. But he
Internationally handed Pettibone
IS, 600, with which he started q gam
blers' game at Eighth and Chestnut In
1855.
mike Mcdonald, OF Chicago, was the
strongest OF them all. lie deals him
self when the impulse strikes him, and
commands an influence which few gam
blers ever had. Phil DAILY, Of Philadel-
phla, who has the club At Long Branch,
is perhaps the most careful gambler
IN the country-a man -four square TO
every wind that blows'-and John DAILY,
the most level-hesded OF New York
gamblers, who runs the New York club
near the West End Hotel, Ia pretty
slick citizen.
"Phn DAILY educated his son as =
gambler, aud named him after himself.
He succeeded In following In his fathers
footsteps. The elder Phil was the most
astute gambler In the country. He
never used liquor. He graduated from
Constable In the Fourth ward OF
Philadelphia into the control OF the
most arstocratic gambling house In the
United States. / saw Charlie WOer-
shoffer win SAC, 900 at Days while walt
ing for bottle Of wine and sandwich.
He had dropped $4,000, however. be-
fore o'clock In the morning.
II have read considerably, and what
education have have caught by the
perusal OF the newspapers. quit the
rivers good many years ago. In fact,
never played cards on the steam boats
to any great extent. A colored man
was tabooed in the cabin. learned my
lessons looking at the planters play, be-
cause there is no man living who can
play poker with Southerner. re-
member one day seeing fellow from
Jackson, Mississippi, wager two niggers
on bobtaiI flush. There was a big
fight over the hand, and thought
somebody was going to get killed, when
the man from MIsslsslppi luckily drew
the ace OF spades, but failed In bis flush.
"The game went around. Three men
sat at the table and each held three OF
a kind. The betting was heavy and
this planter. who had put mp two dar-
keys worth 81, 600 apiece, was called.
1t was desperate chance. but he got
away with the pot. There IL no such
gambling now. You cannot wager
money as you could before the war.
There Is less money and more caution.
even the faro banks limit their bets
TO S25 on a single card. There Is still
high play 10 Saratoga and In New York
city. The Cuban game at Saratoga
is partlcerlY without limit and
| I have seen LorIllsFd pick up
| $4,000 10 fifteen minutes at that game,
at which Billy Emerson, the minstrel,
was a not an unirequent guest At one
period OF his life Emerson was the
pluckIest and Iucklest player on the Pa
cllc coast, but bis luck changed. I
was always welcome 81 John Morris
sey's at Saratoga. never played .
crooked card In nv life, and in ell the
big faro games in this country the play
ers get a square deal. The excitement
OF the game is meat and drink 70 me,
and / agree with great Philadelphia
editor, who In his youth 'bucked the
tiger with great fervor, that faro IL