The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-26
RED D0NNELLY'S STREAK.
<yrcrTM or LADY FORTUNES WINS
At 81. LOUI>.


WASHINGTON. Nov. ga party Of turlmcn
soNn here for the Iicnning meeting were talking
tbe otltct evening Of the remarkable streak Of
luck which has enabled Billy Eurrick t. run
A.. borrowc d shocstring OF $500 UP To an amount
which Is now said 10 approximate 100000 in
the last six weeks
sBsrricks double ended luck both at faro
hank and horses said one Of the boOkmnkcrs
IN the marty. is a whole lot out Of the common.
Luck is a iullhrcd sort Of an affair. and 1t does
mo-, often run along hybrid lnes What mean
N say il that the man who has huge run OF
luck at ono game almost invariably falls into
nedoldrums aud goes oil to pieces when he switches
4, another game The luckiost men ever knew
m the turf for example were the unuckies
.a,d players and most Of them stubbprnly spent
. good many thousands uf their pu.y winnings
before they found this out Barr.ck seems to
be an exception. He has got into the current
And he could probably get away with the money
nj fan.tan OF Cingalcse pool while hos in his
present shape I'm bit afraid Of him Just now
myself and when see his commissioners bear.
ing down on my book I'm sorcly tempted to rub
The whole slate until get chance a. rubber
neck and nnd out what they're after II wcro
dealing faro bank ~ weird has hts luck at tiger
hicking been lately. too. that believe Id make
II A thirty cent limit when | saw him coming.
who sticks To the one game that drives the swag.
rerest dogcart and wears the whitest gig.lamps
IN the long run
q remember a chap out in st Louis who ran
a shoestrng Of five cents up 10 pretty close TO six
figures in the summer Of lS9b. lie bucked more
rames In doing IT, too, than Barrck has thus
far but he couldn't go a route, and they ate him
IN when the whiskey got into his head In such
quantities tha, he saw treble without having
focus on anything His name was Red Dom
nelly and he had charge Of tho boOkmakcrs'
rarsphernalia In the betting ring Of the st
louis fair grounds when the lady Fortune hcnncd
upon that nickel Of his and invited him 10 bask
for time in her domain. lie was a loose iointcd
.praddle shaped sort II n Young chap ot 25
or 81 who hal been hanging around tn" ST.
Louis tracks from his carly bnyhocd. II" learned
a. much about the horses that he could never
win anything ON th"m when hc played in tho
ten cent hooks made by the rail birds lie hauii-
capped them down IN the sixteenth OF a pound,
and the horse that he put his dime on conSN-
ouen,ly go, beaten, As a rule by a tongue lie
had been holding down the TOD oi dog robher
for the bookmskcrs frr two seasons before he
struck his lead on that nickel. lie came out %
the track one day, early IN June 1895, with tho
solitary nickel reppsin.; IN the depths Of his trpu+
ers' pockets sa,tcl thc5c to pay his fare hack
n the civ ilN EtA ~ ltlI' we llNf tfils 'At
gu, Of his clothes and looking at It lvus.nsly
by the time the first rlcc va, Que. lie wanted
IN get down on a race but i.r-r vrr" No. five cent
h,,ts The h,r,,r sum, accepted hy tie rail.
bird books was dime Rel strollri out 90 tho
hams and got - riicNaE u.'kcl- with pack
ot idle stable boys The luck was with him rom
the jump, and when be- accumulated dollar 10
nickels he exhibited symptoms Of man suffer
ing from chiihnns His reason for getting
colo 'ee' was Na' '' 'al goo" 'h''H IN W'' i"t'u
race, and by the umo d. had ACQUIRED the dollar
~. h.,,,,. b.d h.,--,, an Tho f,,i,rt, r,cc
,p.IL,,1.l .i,-s,, .,,,, ,i,,.,,t,,, 3D., a.,
Heu hu'"e4 Mus ID ''''' Wv ''i't "''" MS u"E
lar and saw that the price offered against his
Iii ,..I.I ,.,,r -, .;..,,,,,, .,,l D.,
neHy ne"ied oIa'' "' cigarettes anu rev
drinks pretty Natl' at h. was game vixen II
ametos,iesiq-i. 6..-,,l th.,-sa and he slammed
ri. ,r.-,r ,i.,.,,. -, -, -.
US i.-H.' WV ',' nus, WV" 1'.N-
maker ne knew. lie took go'd-nbiurrdlN the
hooking boot which the booEy gave him tor
handing in twenty uicrrs of that Itnl ~ rnotsl
t nna ea.apu.su himS'i .u' 20 We f'A JUS! as
was realrS SomethinH .,l,y for liusH in The ia,
,EEisdy held ol nineteen horses, Hush led oil
bS gsinn nuilsd ami" 'TSa h',. h I'D u"sb
Un IN Ia Ia Iii tbe 49, "e ''' VA" ''u'"
TN reg On hen some dlincuiLy IN c2He'un. ms shi
for rS nnd tn en- ,s '' WI ~ 9s
AZ run, ai'u me" asn 'mn' Nv NV ,i ~ rag
., ,hc Tn sn t"T ma, sm' va" y, 'S ' S""'%
~ b.Iinrs iii ims1 rirpb an, ~, W, Nd
aid ths bo1L' = ia I'M, and ms. ~ %. ~ - W.,
Iii LADY when 90 in tosnir,bt II v,r'HS a. Go
.nv GOD " - $50" - wa Wv ''N
Coms n ,su rspIisd Pal = ,.,, 20 ,,,,,
thi,ty ~ fo,,v capts I,u,n an ,b 80 ~, ", Pu
Got Snoth., u,S1,j tb,r % ~ !, ''' vac ~ ~
@Ths hootTstst tnin ~ ,.,s.d no,,or,
IN. s6I Rcd 1s,.I,,Ilv Ioiied H. AM, III
and Iuck.d II int IN. yrsiSi,'s, 49, ~, U
nc InNeHru h' SuO' III GU Ups, WIN '!A bJJAS
csnt, G r. ,"b ~ On, 'i 70 !,
Inc h,TLmsL,,. Liz, a. Ill -. 49, q, n
from his w1TEin., 1ryurg ib. H. ..L',..
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SAFETY vrs 70 IN, Md, ,trI, t-,n.,i ,,,,,J H.,
hui h. roultn't h, b"li d,vn H. Wv. a ,,''u ~.
oi xIne midi hia o.. - I,,, "a " II""-''
aye AZ eli ,r.t,ss n, III. il, I,,,l,,' g.. 80. 49,,
and IooE.d ov.r Its dnrc. LSnt, SS.,ofI. - -,
he s,rnlieJ int tra ,iT,, ,rI IN, S.n, ,t,,
Ce4 in In. iNst t,r, SIinrie "a, 49,, 20 u -,
and i, was sometime ,i,,,"ni'u. H., e., Sb =, 80
on III. bit snd III ,,ss "a An =, w Ia - va
Thai mic. 10 tbst n" Il al s,i, an w. W ~ hi * b ~
spuns lar he T.t,n ,,in tn 800 :" ' "''io
"Wb.n R"L ,,,nrH ~, ~ -" Nv, r,,. c.,
b~r-hels n bi,,bsrId Iatr,,H 'inaHH' ;2O a.
II were nv the s",uIr ~ 10 Nh no n'',. a.
nouncrd 10 ali II IInr he Vg, yo,n,. c't
for Donn,lIv .,i uh,, A. -. 80 ,..,,. ., ~
us Tor we ali kna,y j.t - n,,,, ' ,,'' - -
nelly nut IN n 49, ,,,,,I p,,, r, .,, 49,.