The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-16
IONSDALE A GOOD IOSER.
Although He Had Been Up Against a Hard
Man 90 Beat. He Didn't Squeai.

Said a Washington man who does a lot of
transatlantic voyaging. mo man can pat him
self on the back and say 20 himself that he l.
too wise to be done by card sharps. I've seen
some pretty clever men get theirs AZ cards
on the ocean liners. One Of them was Lord
I4onsdalo. about as clever an all-around man
a. ever climbed overthc gangWay Of a-hlp, and
nobody would ever have fancicd that he'd
prove himself a mark for professional gam
blers.
At the time Lon-dale first came TO the United
states he Wa in the full tide Of his rapid career.
Amid the uproar over his landing in this eoun-
try the TACT did not leak out That lon~dale Wa~
plucked uI $4,000 on IN" trip over bv George
SAMPSON. one OF the most notable eft the Older
clique of steamship card 7hHrper--he has since
died in Australia, | believe.
u think sampson had it in mind To do Young
Iou~dur when he got aboard at Liverpool.
sampson had been working the steamer, Tor
fifteen year-. and AT this tiur he was "a man OF
AZ or Whereabouts. The two men truck ~
n friendship from the very first day ~ he"
VOYAGE, and 1t was Lon,dalc himself who first
suggr-ted-as he aIterNard acknowledged,
for he Wa a manly Young chap the game of
dIaw Lonsdale had only recently learned
tho hands az poker, and he had the poker IN -
tate, enthusiasm Tor the game 10 an cXag-
gcrated extent. Before COINS any further,
ought 10 say that SAMPSON always main
tanned alterwaGd that in hl- play with lon,dale
he was perfectly on The level.
"Ion~ddle and SHmpson started the game
on the first day ont, and kept II going almost
unttl the steamer p%louched past Sandy Hook.
OF course sampson beat linn right along He
made no effort To let young LCusdale win from
him al first. lie simply played poker. and
raked M the young mans money and checks
A lot of us aboard knew Sampson. and those
OF us who had met Young l.onsdale in England
got him aside on the second day out and diulo-
matically put Il To hin that he was engaged
I'm a pretty difficult ruCoUnter-that, in brief.
Sampson was n professional player of cards
For our pains We were told that We We're TOO
confoundedly %oificiou-,
u A, a,ta rYta uIaI, fla Atnup,ar urn. l,,.,f.
near the shore lOnsdale decided that he had
had enough. Several Of us were IN the card
room when the last hand was played. Samp-
son took the pot and Ionsdalc scribbl"d a check
on his American banker for the amount he had
lost AZ the sitting. Then he looked up al Samp-
son for q moment and said.
" Some OF my friends here estimate you
a biz unkindly. Mr. sampson.
'How's that?' inquired Sampson cooily
lie was a man who never betrayed SUR rise.
Well, said Lonsdale. they maintain that
your skill at cards affords you something better
than Il livelihood.
In playing with me on this voyage you
have employed skill alone?' inquired Ions
At your SUGGESTION! replied Sampson.
with careful emphasis. ! have PLAYED draw
the game Of draw poker, and have 5000 Of
your money. Do You want It back
That was a masnifo"nt blum on ssmp-
he well knew, would not sTieal
" Oh II you elect to he Insulting said
LonSdale, flushing holly. and he rosc from
the card table and left the room
We'll, n couple Of elderly Fnglishmen op
board who knew Lonsdale and his father bel
fore him went to the young fellow and told him
hat II would he perfectly proper and riVht
for him to stop payment on III" checks he had
Slvrdh N was . nntb,Mn pI heller aney t tbSph nm ~ 81 many
YOU will b. good enough to mind your
own id BUSINESS replied the hotspnr: I'm
do nothing of the sort And that was the end
of Il