Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-04-21
SOME ROYAL GAMBLERS.
A Few True stories Of Titled De-
voices of the Green Cloth
-.-Big Money.
A Grand Party Which Ens~d by
One Man Winning $780,.
900 in Hard Cash.


gambling fever, look to royalty. By
way of illustration of the royal pro-
'pensity for winning other folks
money, If possible, a gambling ''ses-
sion' at Baden Baden, which I hap
pened to know something about, is
right to the point: Names, facts and
figures as 1 give them are absolutely
accurate.
Scene, the International Club at
Baden Baden; time, the summer Of
1882: dramatis person@-the Prince
of Wales, the Baron Selliere, the
Marquis of Beresford, Prince Kinsky,
the Dukeof Hamilton, Herr Baltazzy,
Baron Kahlden, Herr Oehleschlager
and ten OF twelve other men Of titles
or millions, or both.
His Royal Highness the Prince Of
Wales had been invited by the Grand
Duke of Baden to visit him on the
occasion of the first international
horse race at Baden Baden. His
Royal Highness had condescended to
accept the Invitation, and, by way
of increasing his personal interest in
the race, had entered a horse of his
own under the name of Scott. Well,
the race was duly run, and the
Princes horse won-the BOBBY prize,
coming in a couple of hundred yards
or so behind the next to the last
horse. AS his horse had been last,
the Prince was first to congratulate
the owner of the winner, Oscar
Oehlschlager, an immensely wealthy
member of the aristocratic sporting
set at Baden Baden, and gave din
ner in his honor on the evening after
the race at the International Club,
famed all over Europe as the scene of
some of the highest and bluest
blooded gambling ever known on the
continent.
The coming of the Prince of Wales,
aside from the widespread interest
attaching to the first international
horse race and the big stake offered,
had attacted swarm of French and
Austrian counts and barons and
people with various handles to their
names, and out of the select crowd
the Prince was readily aEle to pick
fifty or sixty men sufficiently select
to be entitled to the honor of an
invitation to dinner given by the
future king of Great Britain.
WALES SUGGESTS LITTLE GAME.
The dinner was supurb in all its
appointments, the wines we're de-
licious, the cuisine was faultless, and
the royal host made a capital speech
of congratulation to Mr.. Oehlsch-
lager in German, which, by the way,
he speaks as we'll as English. AS
princely gatherings go, the assembled
company was rather brilliant one,
and properly applauded the Princes
post prandial effort. But Albert Ed
ward did not seem to be thoroughly
satisfied somehow. OF course, every
body then took the cue and imme-
diately began to look dissatisfied.
Finally, Albert Edward rose to his
feet, and addressing Baron Kahlden,
the president of the club, said: 81
have alway heard the International
Club spoken of as a great gambling
institution, and I am rather sur
prised to see that you have no gam
bling here whatever. / had promised
mys,;; the pleasure OF stalking a
tritie ulyself and brought few notes
with me, as you see quitting his hand
in his vest pocket and drawing out
a large roll of notes). I presume
however, that must have been misin-
formed, and shall be unable to enjoy
the sport which promised myself
In an instant Baron Kahlden had
signaled to the attendants to remove
thegambling apparatus from its place
of temporary concealment and in a
few words announced to the Prince
that His Royal Highness' wish should
be promptly gratifled. The whole
company adjourned to the main
gambling parlor upstairs without
loss of time and Baron Kahlden at
once announced that the privilege of
tsrunning the bank" would be
auctioned off. Two or three bids of
10000 marks or SO were promptly
made but the bidders were rebuked
by the Baron who remarked: "Come,
gentlemen, do not let us be shabby
about this thing when His Royal
Highness has honored us with his
presence. Won't somebody make a
respectable bid for the bank? OF
course, it is understood that the
successful bidder shall pay his money
down in gold or bank notes."
PAID 1925, 900 TO BE BANKER.
The words had hardly left his lips
when Oehlschlager, whose horse had
won the days race, calmly called out:
81 bid 100, 600 marks" Us 5,O0O). Even
the high rolling crowd present were
amazed at this tremendous offer