The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-09-12

a little surprise for the young lady by
keeping her money and telling her he
had bought ticket on the horse DO
TO l. He was to surprise her after
the race and after the horse had lost
by returning her money. But judge
of his surprise when the horse won.
He was in a fix. He had told the young
lady he had the ticket. She was ex-
ultant.
claimed to her friends in her enthusi-
asrn.
Well, what could the young man do
but one thing? He did it. He had
TO add $3.50 to the S. he had and pre-
sent it to the young lady. But he
left Saratoga that very evening, a sad
der but wiser young fellow. In the
future he will let women have their
way.
Gambling seems to be taken as
matter of course here. Everything is
given over to it. The politicians, the
lawyers, the bankers and business men
are found everywhere sandwitched
among the professional gamblers,
dropping their money upon the gaming
tables or betting it against the book
makers. Indeed, the spirit Of betting
pervades the air. The very atmos-
phere seems to be impregnated with
it,. If you ask hotel clerk ques-
tion which he answers and you give cyi-
dence of doubt of his correctness his
next words are; ''I'll bet you five
I'm correct.
But the best illustration of the cor
rectness of this assertion is told on
reverend gentleman who is summcring
here. He met lone Of his flock and
modestly suggested that as he ap-
peared prosperous donation to a
charitable fund would be in order.
''Certainly," replied the>gentleman,
as he drew S. from his vest pocket.
"Could you not afford something
more than that p suggested the rev.
erend gentleman.
'Not conveniently" replied the
young man, though I might, by
straining a little, make it ten.
"Well, I will just match you once to
see whether the donation shall be ten
or nothing" quickly and apparent
ly thoughtlessly suggested he Of the
cloth.
The contribution was ten and so
it goes. Men and women Of every
walk in life seem to be drawn into it.
They seem to be hypnotized. The wo-
men in many cases are more thorough
ly charged with the electricity of
gambling than the men. Once a
woman buys a ticket on race and
wins it seems impossible for her not
to bet on every race thereafter.
saw prominent West Virginia
lady have her husband bet $5 for her
on race last week. She won $50 on
that $5 in the first race. With that
she bet on every other race that day
and won something over 81, 900. That
evening she purchased a fine diamond
ring. The rest of her winnings she
has since lost. She has been to the
races every afternoon since and has
been betting on every race.
She is not an exception in that she
bets. Nine out of every ten. Of the
women who attend the races make lit
tie bets. Some win and some lose.
Like the men, however, the vast ma
jority Of those who bet on horse races
lose. Should they win they return to
bet again and it all goes.
This spirit of gambling is having a
very bad effect upon Saratoga. 1t is
said that four-ffths of the possession
al gamblers of America have been
here for the past month. The class
of women with whom these men
usually associate follow them here.
And this combination has had its ef-
feet upon Saratoga as resort. Of
course the th-seekers must come
here, for there are no waters on this
continent like these, and Colonel
Tom Ochiltree, who is here now,
and who has tried the Carlsban waters
for several years, says these are supe-
rior.
But the refined pleasure seekers
have commenced to give Saratoga a
wide berth. As at all summer resorts
society here is badly mixed. The
chaff and wheat sometimes become
embarrassingly intermingled. Stillin
great resort visited by thousands it
is difficult to eliminate.
However, to one who cares to
see the world as it is; to see di-
versity of life, it is worth visiting.
You can be very quiet or hilariously
gay, for there are all classes of people
here.
But to turn aside from this phase
of Saratoga and look upon it as a
resort for health, every one agrees
that. there is no place in America
SO conducive to health. Two weeks
here will almost make a new person
of one whose health seems to be shat
forod