El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-01
GAMBLING FOR HIGH STAKES
Rolling the Dice For a Pot Amount.
inq To SI2 400.

81 have seen some big gambling In
my day with poker dice, " remarked 9
retired member of the turf the othe
night, ''but don't think I will ever
forget one nights play where q small
fortune was lost on fool wager.
was travelling through the south at the
time-this was some years ag0-and
was surprised at the sporting blood OF
those rich men. 1 had heard that they
did not believe until then that they
would risk farm on aidare-devil bet,
and you would be expected to show q
wad or else be called down.
"When I was in this country the
time to which refer met 8 genial
party of sports and they invited me to
go far into the interior for q frolic and
q hunt. We got to our destination and
the party was the guest of Colonel
I found that had been run into a not
bed of dead game southern sports.
After an evening feast we sat in the
dining room and told stories of gambl-
ing. The colonel told wonderful tales
of what he had done with the cards,
and 1 soon saw that I would be lacking
If any big game was started, for was
not prepared for gamblers of the col
onel's type. He was too rich for my
blood.
";By the way said the colonel at
other week and I ran up against a new
game. They called it poker dice, and
it was just like the real thing ,only you
had bones, but the principle in the
end was the same. I saw come big
play. But you should have seen my
luck. It was simply marvellous, and I
took off q wad as big as your head af-
ter playing an hour
"Others in the partyshad seen the
game, and one man. Major Snow. said
he had the Identical cubes in his
clothes. This was agreeable, of course,
and was the same as an invitation to
come out and play. The major rat
tied the dice, and the fret hand he
showed was four kings. Another man,
just for fun, took the bones and rolled
the same thing, and then the colonel
said he would beat it for $50. The ma
jor and the other man, Mr.. Brown, put
up S25 each and handed the dice to the
colonel. He gave the dice roll. Two
will play for five of these he said, and
took the other three pieces of ivory
and tossed them. All he got was q
third ten. He needed TO make each of
the two remaining cubes show q ten on
the single throw.
We'll, would you like to put up any
more money before you throw?' asked
Mr.. Brown.
We'll, should guess yes!' answer
ed the colonel. How much more have
you got?'
"'Oh, quite few replied Brown:
and if the major, here, does not want
to 60 in 1 will assume the liabilities
myself
''W1thout answering that the colonel
counted off 5000 and put it on the table.
That will do, suppose he said, and
Brown though it would. The money
was covered, and the crowd watched
the colonel as he took the dice. He
gave them a rifle, and let the bones
drop on the table. There were two
more tens staring the major and Brown
in the face. The colonel smiled and
took in the money.
AFTER this a game was arranged.
There were four to go in-the colonel,
the major, Brown and myself. Each
man took a corner of the table, and
rule was that the man winning one pot
should roll first on the next. We each
put up SIS. We ran along nicely for q
time, and luck seemed to drift from one
corner to another. [ ran far ahead,
and had reserve pile to play on, while
the others were plunging. found lat
er that would need it. Soon after
got far ahead 1 had to toss them first.
made five Jacks. and Brown, coming
next. rolled three jacks at the first
clip. He offered to bet 800 that he
could tie me-, and took him.
Brown made the two passes with
out showing even one knave.
:" To change the luck, suppose we all
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