The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-13

against him. Six to one. Wheeiock an
swered. for any amount
Then / viii take $4,000 Of it," said
Fleischmann.
1t vas agreed. The bet was 5000
against 5000 Fleischmanu chucklcd 70
the joke he had planned. He returned 20
the club and found Wheelock.
We'll" he said. w heelock. I guess I
have won my bet. l have just purchased
the other five horses in the race. and l
fancy I'll win"
WheelOck was amazed. There was no
doubt he had been caught, but he stood II
50 we'll that Fleischman relieved him bv
declaring that he would call thu bet Of.
Wheelock was jubilant- He said he felt
that luck had turned, and went back to
the table. Al daybreak he had won back
about $4,000 Of what he had lost al the ear
Her sitting.
Gottfried Walbaum. president OF the
Saratoga racing associa ton, Murray KEEL
lar of Hot Springs, Ark, and a number
Of others were out one night dining. Wal
baum wore a dress suit. It came on TO
rain very hard, and a cab was called TO
take them home. On his way 70 his cot
tage Walbaum said the night was 50 bad
the SO was little enough 20 give the
coachman. The club house was on their
way home, and Walbaum suggested that
they stop there and win the Sl0 at the
wheel. He lost $500 at roulette chasing
the first Sl0-bill he had put down. and
then sat down at faro. 1t was past
o'clock when he got up and turned over
to the banker a check for $500 II was
the most rapid play of the night. When
Walbaum got home he threw his dress
suit out of the window. charging his mis-
fortune to it. His intention to win $40 to
give the coachman had cost him S31,S00.
State Senator Tim Sullivan, who had
hard luck early last season, finally got in
q hDf fer
than $4,000 to the good. He intended 10
in st some Of it in real ESTATE, so his
friend. Sheriff Buttling of Brooklyn. Sc
lected for him two houses on the park
slope. Tim inquired about the taxes. and
when he found out how high they were
he kept his money until he went to Hot
Springs in the fall Tim left the bulk
of it in the game run by Smith, over the
Arlington pool room, in that giddy little
place. James +. Caldwell, the starter, had
to pay over 5000 to the clubhouse on
settling day. That broke him.
Eugene Leigh paid for his dinner one
night with $50 bill. He stood AZ the en-
trance to the parlors, and finally went in,
declaring he would just throw the loose
change on the wheel. He did, and kept
throwing more after 1t, until he turned
over a check for $780, OF course, the
moral is for a gambler to always give the
loose change to the waiter. Jockey Viii
ellis bank in two sittings.
old Nick Crusius, worth nearly $780,,
900 five years ago. is now practically broke
and attending strictly to business getting
another fortune What proportion the
race track and what the faro table got
from him is not known Between them
they got the half million. He was the
highest roller Of all the club house pat
rons. They were on the point of declin-
ing his request when he asked that the
limit be taken off. A council Of manage
ment was quickly held. one Of them said
he would assume the responsibility and
that the play of Crusius should be cred
tied or debited to him, and it was. That
! season he was the winner Of more than
100000. of which a full third was from
Crusius. But Crusius has reformed. He
was too good hearted and had made
money so fast that he did not know what
to do with it, He gambled for excitement
more than any qualification for gain.