Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-02
HIS SYSTEM.
An Instance of the Man Who Has n
Scheme to Beat the Games.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Harry Perry tells very funny story
about a well-known Chicagoan who used
to play the army game, better known as
hazard.
The old gentleman was regular yisi-
tor to my rooms at 119 Clark street" said
Perry, "a few years ago, and he never
played anything but hazard 1 used to
notice that he played the game with more
enthusiasm than any other player who
came into the house, and 1 was not sur
prised one day when he came up to me
and said that he had system that he was
sure would break the bank if played by a
man who had capital of $50 to start on.
| did not ask him what his system was.
Indeed, he did not give time. He just
pulled out a big book ami offered to snow
me what he had done for the enrichment
OF hazard players. / did not want to go
over his figures, and to avoid that / asked
him if he was certain that his system was
all right.
There is not a bit of doubt about it,
he replied.
Then I will make proposition to
you, said l. I will give you chance to
show that your system is all that you
claim for it. Do you think that you can
demonstrate it in thirty days?"
Beyond the peradventure of a doubt
was his eager reply.
Then said l, you call at the house
tomorrow morning and l will give you $50
worth OF checks and you can commence
on your system
He was seemingly overjoyed at the
prospect, Perry went on. The next
morning he was at the house bright and
early, and the dealer at the hazard table
gave him $50 worth of checks The old
man took off his coat. rolled up his sleeves
and sat down to the table with an earnest
ness OF manner that was simply splendid
He played all over the layout. He only
suspended operations for half an hour TO
each lunch. and when supper time came he
was too much engrossed to think of going
out. At the end of that day he had over.
sl,tU worth of checks, and these he hand
ed to the dealer with the statement that he
wanted them charged to his account, SO
that he could begin the following day. The
dealer did not know that the old man was
playing on wind. He thought he was play
ing on the square, and treated him with sIl
the consideration he could show. The old
man came around the next day, and his
luck, though it was not SO marked rs on the
previous day, was good. But the third day
came, and his system got kink put in it.
ne not only lost the checks he had won,
put before he got up from the table to go
nome ne had put markers in the drawer
Tor over 1890. Then the dealer came to
me and kicked. l told him to go ahead
he did so, and the old man PLAYED on
Pretty soon it was known that somebody
was engaged in Undertaking play at the
hazard table, and hundreds of men dropped
into the house to watch him. His marker
account went on swelling day after day, and
the dealer began to think he was a rich old
business man who settling with
checks. At last the thirty days had ex-
pred, and then the old man gave up. / eX-
amined his account, and found that he had
drawn just $4,000 worth of checks. Pre-
tending to be astonished, 1 said that per-
haps his system had not been given a fair
show.
No. sir. it was not he snapped, and
with that he left the house and never re-
turned. Thus do all systems break their
investors" said Perry, with a hearty laugh
that was provoked by the memory of this
Old PLAYER.