Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-11-19

return next day with more money, and
to rise TO the proud position OF hero OK
| the hour. to be pointed a. with whispers,
and to be spoken TO by celebrated pehu-
ties, or worid-renowned songstresses, or
English 1uchesses. who, passing throu8n
on their way South. you know, uroppea
into the fool trap for a little fun, but iost
their money and their tempers. and now
wanted TO borrow 50 or 100 louis Just
until my maid gets back" Poor giri
1t must have been weary jog she Went
on, for she Is not back yet, ana tnae
was four or five years ago.
In course OF time the Chicagoan han
actually won over a million ana mar
OF francs: that Is to say, no was that
much ahead OF the bank. and as mean
while his remarkable deeds" were print
ed In the newspapers more attrae1'eiy
and more frequently than were any gooo
actions, no matter where or by wnom
performed, the American became an inter-
national as well as a roulette hero, not 10
speak OF the pride which the Windy CITY
periodically had for her son, "the man
who broke the bank at Monte Carlo"
1t ended. however, with Harry asst did
with the Captain, only his good luck last
ed longer than did that OF the latter, ana,
like Roland Reed In the Man OF Ideas,
he was a good loser. When luck turned
and he began TO lose heavily, so swittiy,
too, that in less than a week he was
CLEANED out" completely, he "died game
as the saying goes. The accommodations OF
a gamblers season began suddeny 70
melt into space, and when he had iost II
all in what seemed to be an incredlDy
brief period of time, he smiled, said Bon
q.
calmly went-not to make an end on =
but straightway to London. whence he
could dare venture to cable home TOT
much-needed funds.
There was one game" which Harry
played-this was before the run OF III
luck set in--that do not think was ever
reported to the press. He had already
been winning and losing millions Oh
francs, and was something Ike sl4o,Vw
ahead of the bank, when he made the
largest single coup ever known at tnat
establishment or elsewhere, Tor tnat
matter. at roulette. 1t was an evening IN
February, 1898, and after he had been
"whacking away" at II, when he branch
ed off onto another number. "Faites vos
leu. messieurs." sung out the croupiers,
and Harry, whose pockets were well
lined, hurriedly exclaimed In mixed
French and English
Maximum on the huit' %, and he
pushed over Q louis. Then he added Dix
hut louis on each cheval, vingt-huit on
transversal trois, trente-huit on each
carre on hut, cling bills OF mile on man.
que (below 49,, meme-chose on pair (even),
trois bills de mile on premier dou-
Zaine-"
But he could make no more bets, for
the "rien ne vas plus" of the croupiers
was heard. and he had barely time to
toss down these stakes and see that they
were correctly placed when the ball went
spinning around, and soon II fell into the
receptacle numbered 8. He had won
every bet and the total was over 49, 460.
An Irish-American sport" by the name
of Pat Sheedy, some time manager Tor
John l.. Sullivan. and always a popular,
eood-hearted fellow. once travelled ali
the way from New York to Monte carlo
to break the bank-with system. Mr.
and Mrs. Sheedy stopped while In Paris
to see the city, and then they droppsu
down into the Riviera, he to fight the
tiger which Monaco's sovereign Prince
keeps in a box on Mount Charles.
Before leaving the French capital, Par
explained carefully and confidentially his
dead sure thing to a. few persons, the
present writer being among the numoer
thus honored. His system was no more
nor less than the Hamburg martingale,
as 1t was called before Professor Proc
tor renamed it the 'Labouchere," because
IL claimed to be truth and yet was not
truth. This martingale is very simple
application of the principle OF arithmeu-
cal progression to system of betting
which sets out to win some given sum.
1t is the least complicated and the most
effective martingale that human ingenul-
ty has ever effected, and were 1t not Tor
the fact that persistent run of bad luck
will break it down, as it will any system,
IL would be perfect.
The way that Sheedy explained this
system to us, and as nearly as l can
recollect his words, was this suppose
that you are betting that you will cut a
red or black card in q pack Of fitty-two.
The chances against you each time are
one to one and in ten trials you may
expect to win five times and lose five
times. Now. by this system, IL you lose
six times and gain but four you are stu
a winner. See here and he took pencil
and paper; I'VE will set out before play
begins to win 20 francs, or louis. as you
call q gold piece over here.
"You prepare a page OF your note
book thus, writing the twenty in the
martingale column:
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