The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03

w l'iNh w khhlDlliHs Iubi wv IL ho nun
hip. hoorav!' the other day for tho clever young
oarsinen who brought over those diamond
"Broko tho bank at Monte Carlo" indocdi
Why. II person or party would have TO win as
much as $1,000 900 to do that. as at no time
in the winter season, between Nov. 20 and April
10, is there ever 10 5 than 7,50O,0 900. francs on
dcpvsit In the CadnJ vaults. The winnings of
10 $4,000 on an average for every day in the
year. This, gambling day begins precisely At
nmoSmh "n f w ~ Gad is q no.i p Ibic eGSv Sc 7 a 0 d flo :
or 50 OF the thousands OF persons who crowd
into the place daily and hastily bet on a game
wonld. perhaps, be possible, should ten or
Twelve players win 1000 or 5000 louis every
day turing q whole week, for them TO break
the hrnk, but MOI otherwise.
Every winter there are big gamcsters at
Monte Carlo, aud dctc-niincd. efforts 10 win
mcnt, have been going on for the past fifteen
or eighteen years. Bu. there Is no system, NO
beat The bank in the long run. No Kind of play
or possible calculation can guarantee. success
at to-, r9n nsnta,. It. It., Is ~ per nSis Srd 5" #, as .so iss g, bank nn1!
'icnt on winning chances are 80 arranged As to
give the Casino . regular percentage on oil the
certain commission TO the house amounts TO 3
per ccntrllm of I'll money stakcd on each spin
o. the bnll at roulette and to ~ per centum OF
Uuarante. The inspectors and croupiiCrs will
ted you that This Is their list Of o~dds-thcy
openly admit tho fact.
They will not let any one play a minute be-
fore midday nor n minute later than II o'clock
al night 1on and ma indeed %an3 Son are frsC 9eVe ab ostcd tho Se
gambling rooms rs a mere lookeron; you mag
stroll, without paying anything, into a magniifi-
cent hall and hear a band of musicians which
IA quite tho equal of our own famous Boston
symphonic Or, ncstra. There IA a reading
many as 500 newspapers and magazines, writing
paper. envelopes, &c, all TO be had free and Tor
the asking ,sih E, and nd So SO long as y you g ro 9 SnsI ey ySnriSet
no matter whether you enter the "salles
DIES joux'' or not. The brill ant surroundings,
the sweet music, the library, will cost you moth.
ing, but pass into the gambling halls. and every
man. be he a royal prince or a mere ]plooelen,
and all women. be they of the best or OF the
worst society. fashionable or fast, moral or inn
moral, grandes danes, or cocottes. are, during
good behavior, treated precisely alike by ."ces
fool trap Of a place called Monte Carlo, and
where ..Sa Majestic rArgent" Is tho generous
Harry Roscnfcld of Chicago went down from
London to Monaco, with a vast paraphsrnalia
Of nOtcs and gold pieces, and commenced bust
superb disdain, as Of assured success. The
story. OF tho ltdssar officers downfall was not
yet forgotten, however, and plenty OF persons
predicted but 2 short run Of this now fox oyer
grounds. In 1887 the. gallant Captain, who
had n months leave OF absence from his regi-
n mte nj; had "a a greet 4. st !tsS OF OF luck GiGh the e. s econ dS a@y
and in that time he had won as much Us l,23o,'
600 francs.
Slnlln, luC DunNrE, WIN NuuH Nv 'uN
officer deposited his winnings. told us so ht t,e
time. Then the Captain took ALMOST tlc whole
I,rSs ReG house Ss the Snt 1 tse be aoe onc IN E eM : I and md
went steady" for q few days. During an en-
trio week he never played once; but he gave
some, fine dinners and TWICE had a party, OF
friends as mis- guests in to Nice to hear Patti;
That life wa, too lazy and unexciting, and a
week had hardly elapsed when he slipped into
the fool trap again and tackled trente ct quar-
ente once more. But, alas! within another week
be was done for. The ebh was as sudden as the
flow md FnrtnnnfDa Np0 M other mDrtllS.
Aye, he was worse OFF than we were, for he had
lost his return railway, ticket and was forced TO
rs Ia British officer. smith loaned him the
money. and most oblisinely charged him Only
..shcnt per, shent". for this favor, smith was a
dear old chap. whom we all liked Amazingly.
when forced to borrow. and whom we unreserv.
eddy dctested and damned when the bit OF paper
" Roscnfeld Of Chicago and London chose No.
zen plein. but "a cheyal" and "carre, = and aI
sntfe four SR e Se sn9 sH''t to N laeI r.. are nnd t0H thes e"G added
10 the one zen plcin" and multiplied properly
e. win the maximum, cal for q depo'it %, Of
won occasionally and lost frequently, but not
often enough to overcome the enormous gain
now and then, besides which tho 'oheyals' and
the '.carrcs' usei to protect him some on other
In his play; it was only a fellow trying to make
his god win the banks gold, and yet 1T was "a
dead sure thing for the latter n the long run;
sulky and lost him all he had with him, he went
gnyly back to Nice, 10 return next day with
OF hero OF the hour. to bo pointed at with wins.
pers, and to be spoken to by celebrated beauties,
or world renowned songstrcsscs. or. English
DuChesscs. who. passing through on their way
south. you know" dropped into the fool trap
Tor n little fun, but lost their money and their
| %teDpcrs, and now wanted TO borrow 30 or
100 louis Just until my maid gets back Poor
girl, it must have been a weary jog she went
nm fnH h | u mr. hnsI rRt and fnuf was four
or five years ago.
In course of time the ChicaRoan had actually
won over n million and n half Of francs; that Is
TO say. he was that much ahead or The bank,
and as meanwhile his remarkable deeds were
more frequently than We're any good actions.
no matter where or by whom performed, tho
American became an international as well as
which tho Windy CITY pstrioftcally had for
her son. the man who broke the bank at
II ended. however, with Harry, as It did
With the CAPTAIN: only his good luck lasted
lE? nFSna than Rsns d IN ,b {h" hM Of the 6f 1 iGnttera h he was ik q
good loser. When luck turned and he began
to lose heavily ty.s SO swiftly too, that in Less ST. than an
died game" as tho saying goes. The accum-
u%lations. OF a gamblers season began suddenly
what seemed 70 be an Incredibly, brief period OF
time, he smiled, said Bon jour" TO the cIou-
blefs ana ana; on 5Ir"nlhg' ea siray pS W twav 10 70 Ion mnSe
whence he could dare venture TO cable home for
muCh-neCdcd funds.
There was one game which Harry played
this was before the run OF i'll luck set in-that
] do not think. was ever reported to the press.
He had already been winning and losing mil
, lions of francs, and was something like Sl40.-
o0o ahead of tho bank, when he made the
largest single coup ever known at that Cd
tabllshment or elsewhere. for that matter, at
roulette. II was Of an evening in February 1893
and after he had boon 'whacking away" at IL,
when he branched off onto another number.
"Faites vos leu, messieurs, sung out the crou:
piers, and Harry. whose pockets were well
lined, hurriediy exclaimed in mixed French and
English:
Maximum on tho huit"' ts>. and he pushed
over 8 LOUIS. Then he added: 'Dix-hult louis
on each cheval. vingt-huit on transvcrsal q
trois, trentchuit on each Care on huit, cinl
bills of mile on Dlunque Gbelow 1si, Iucme.rh hose
on pal levenl. trois bills de mile Oh premier
dOuzaine--"
But he could make no more bots, for the
'rien ne vas plus of the croupicrs was heard,
md he had barely time TO tnss down these
stakes and see that they were correctly pla "a
when Tho hnll went spinning around, and soon IT,
fell into the receptacle numbered =. lG had
won every BET, anu Tho total WIS over : 10, ;hD.
An Irlsh-American sport" by the nome ol
Pat, shecdy, some time manager for John T.,
Sullivan, and always a popular, good hearted
fellow, once travelled al the way from New