The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-05
and then win back 81 which is no, a very profit

Known as a horse Or a saddle ( saddle is made
up Ol two numbers, and II we're ~ saddle the & x
the combination " 40. the combination 10 Dc
aud tho combination ~ 80 could play any
amount Of money "n these saddles from one cent
up ne odds gwen by policy shop on a saddle
ar - I" l. II | didn't want To- saddle the entire
gig could simply play the saddle alone, meaning
The combination Of any two numbers or might
play horse which tx a combination " tour
numbers, five numbers. or any Thing up, Of
course u combination known as a horse ms moro
II II comes out but il costs propuftionatcly moro
money Ia play horse than 1t doves 10 play a gig.
II won at morning play would probably &"
money | originally won According to the rule,
ui the game, all morning plays must bc IN before
nUun, amt all evening plays before o'clock.
The majority Of the PLAYS made are made in com.
hinntiuns 81 three numbers or, as | said before,
in gigs In other words you will lind upon inyes.
ugaurn that more policy players play gigs than
"On thclowcr INST Side Of the city in the Fourth
and Seventh wards and the district lying east
~ the Bpwcry below Fourteenth street. the game
is played In small sums from two cents To twenty
five. Now and then some bartender viii play
as high M 50 On gig, expecting To win two hun
Tas, Side SALOON Who plays 50 on a gig night
round liz s,cnds about 81. 200 a Year on tho
game and wins 500 OF $500. Then he considers
himself lucky. Among the. poorer classes Of the
city you will find nearly all of the patrons OF the
game | have known scrub women ON the East
Side who e. out and work hard all day TO earn
fifty cents and spend forty cents Of il trying To
win fortune in policy They spend about 500
n year on the game and are lucky II they get a
return II - for What they spend, But when
the game takes hold ON a person rs worse than
either uuium smoking OF heavy drinking. You
can't shake IL oil You 20 through the street
To attend to some business aud the first thing
you see is number on wagon and nnnthct ON
car and YOU simply gCt your head Iull of mum.
hers and the cog wheels of your brain get so tangled
vi in numbers that the machinery oi your in
tcllcct stops When You get in this condition.
you are liable to go up to one Of Your friends and
ask him To- give you gig. meaning To susEes,
lag
the policy shup aud spend several hours there
looking over the lucky n,umbGr book You may
ash snuir " yuur urgru friends tn suggest gig
o, c"rhnaHon OF three numbers. believing that
"Thni t.rrlls the fac, that among the negroes
the r me ~ lottery ruhcN IL known ~ poke. hey
rc'cr 'u tn policy shops as Ioke slols. Most
u them DEFEND uion dreams iut The numbers
they lay, They viii tell you thHt II you dtcnm
~ m gh,rnt friend you should play saddle or
combination Of the nuuhcrs I'll. They'll tell
you II YOU dream Of auples to play III ~
They will also tel you that 4 IL IL ~ gig 10
play II YOU dream of = locomotive In some
policy shois this Cou'hirHuun ni nun bers -
known a. the locomotive gig In ",hers !, -
known M the au'lc gig, In other tiHccs II Is
known ~ the banana zig or the railroad gig
But youl find thN, the Professional Iolicy PLAYER
can inter ret any soft ~ hiea.l 50 'hh, ne " ESt
dream ~ seeing COW 20 Jpn ladder you are
sun osrd 'o play number ~ ~" eleventh mum
het that is To appear on the policy slip. " you
only plnv me number instead If playing a gig
the policy hacl'et give You nr are suli"~c' !. Wv"
Nou odds " five e. one. hri " 'rl YOU u you
dream ~ = S;cnwb at IN Land that The prnper
thisg 4, d. Woull be to ilay number eleven as
the third number If the column OF hgufrs which
are SupvoSsd TO b. drawn ~ the lottery
IN. rr,fcssn naI pulicv NJ yer II the Tcndc lun
will 'rll YOU 10 yl'y . zig consisting OF Is " ~
il 'ou dream " an "'cphGnl ori" play 3t-I5
n YOU drcar, NJ n wig maker In TACT they have
numbers Tor al uost every word IN the dictionary
II you dream II an scttr~s they VIII tel You To
r"u nrr swnooccd g. liay TIC saddle II Il o.
They'll tell YOU that I" dream hat you have Your
righ' arm cut oil j. Sl.n,iican oi Me death oi
female relative and that Won should lay lhe
saddle 3 ~ II YOU dream YOU are al ball
Won ARE supposed iu get w carly ~ She morning
and rlny AZ SIS - To drrarr that YOU are
,hc 'rnrcr thing in DO would b. tu play IS IL
II YOU dream ~ hearing \ h'll ring III" r"licy
hrt right IN 'ou ~ this hen tell you To ylay 8
II 90 The combination IN ~ winch !
retrr'cd Ia IS LnGNn IN ,lntIc" - w" mn ~.
10 come out rs they say. Just a,nuni the Holt
days Consequently "y begin playing II about
election d1y and Il they win ~ after srendlng
a hundred they corsid'r themselves lucky,
Still one cen understand why II is that
peor" continue riaYr!nnS nj Eam NJ when 'heS
than highway robbers. highwaymen viii not
rob n roor woman who scarcely has enough food
torXis on but he policy baC.c gets all the money
She possesses. COMING her along from day To- day
by promising her large rcturns for small invest
mcn,S Sm"w H%m' tor w iiyin nE nho~Th ,~y
wears ago she owned tiy" tenement houses On the
Tss, Side She m"r'gaScd the houses and the
money she raised drihl'rd away urtil she couldn't
nav hcr interest, Her no, ertv was sold under
foreclosure The fHmiiN's downfall was due en-.
tircly L. tn" mrthr|s iniHua'i"n Tor the game
~ lottery rOlicy Even to-day his poor woman
rsv ~. seen in one of the Fast Sdc she's IlavIng
,hc game for s"v"n or eight cents. often after
doing a hard day work she goes 10 the policy
shnn on n"lanccv street and stands there for two
or thee hours turning m" leaves of a thumb
stained h0ol on dreams and numbers Now and
then she may I've seen picking combinations Of
Plumbers ont " q hig box. lv-V well regulated
ppl,cr shop has n box Il nur,h.r for the benefit
Trirteh ON lu,lc wooden blocks and II the rollrv
ilnver hasn't hod y dfc1m In n dnv ortwo he
ihr,,sts his hand into hi. box and draws on, ono
~ tho SEVENTY eight ruwhc's therein. He writes
th.' number on piece 81 NJ md takes a SEQ. d
md p third urr. - . tho" numbers thus selected
ont n ~ ylqvs numbers srlc ~ Tho hand.
grlhlinC r. Css ard fats 'o make = winner nr
Whit KNOW MS nj We r"'ur = IN tho cv"rinc
ard MS is NO u0'.c dre'nhonE There 20
lrarrs IA, lie ou",t 10 rlay number on tho
fourth rrd ~ rntirth ~ = month numbers 2 and
I on Ne zen y ct the ronrh. Number 10 on the
eleventh NJ the month II on the enth ~ y . month
md So an. or he my consult rec'' ~ ca -Is
There hr win find that there are numbers 'nr
ric's tho d"'r" Of "luhs sow" or" N the shor "ili
'"il rim TO rlnv . S'dh'o 10 10 The nee ~ din.
mon's is suHr"s'd 20 r"uIcs"nt 6ins sure thing
and ,hc nee ~ s'.odeS 80 y nurhcr tha,will
certainly com" ont IN the rcNt drawing.
"Of course. in case those numbers don't apre,r
the poke hrnd is told that lac is not lucky with
y n
number found on thhl" in IN" roicy shon Uhe
po"s 10 III" dOminocs and hicks M n siN double
h- Is told to play the EiT, ii-1 10 When
that docSn come out according 10 his idcns he n
take his Chenc"s AZ III" l"'t"rs 81 the rInhahei
Thcv ar" found on li.ic tickets in box which no
Is NJ liberty To draw from and II he should hnppcn
to draw The letter 4, h" promn'lv 'nld 10 pIav
ID. 40 II he selects IN" letter Il he IL told 10
play tho gie, IS 20 Thus il CONTINUES oil
Ia" way down IN" line from \ 10 y with rom hinq-
tiunS Of mum ers forcycrv letter Tho protest. mai
policy player also has numbers and gigs for every
name that ever was heard o. Consequently IN
hc meets friend named ArAhcll, hc will i'm mcdi.
atcy 60 10 n policy shnD and play the gigl IS
81 %. II Miss Matilda johnson meets Miss
Eyangcllnr Thompson on Seventh avenue
Evargclinc will go 10 her fayorile policy shop and
there consult the nam"lOok which tells her Thai
the Matilda gig is 81 30 IS, In tho meantime
Miss Matilda may hc around 1T her favoritc Shop
playing The Evangclinr zig, which Is supposed TO
lie . 90 20 OF c ursr, there is nlS" a list Of
mems names and they e" sonnet ling like this,
The Abe gig . 81 az: tho Ad0lrhus rig 2S
- 62; IL" Erasmugf-iF, ~ 52 40; IN" Enhrnim
gig, 30 80 George is 2-i-6. while Ben,
iamin is 81 Old Isaac is supposed 10 he a
saddle. Ito, The Jonah gig is 10 -I4-tS
and the Joshua gig 1910 30 In far, there
is a gig for every name that was eyer heard or
OF course, the policy PLAYERS ms a rule add thcr
age To gig or sadll" just for luck, as they saw
They play gigs for the day Oi the mon Ia they were
born, and Will tell you that II you were horn on tho