The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-18
PHENOMENAL FARO PLAY.
DAVE ALLEN WINS $4,000 FROM
THE DAWSON GAMES.
Play One of the Most Remarkable of
Record-Bcenn with $3.50
Change-In-PIayed Four Days
ContinuousIy-sent s22.4oo out.

One OF the most remarkable faro bank
plays Of record was made three weeks
ago In Dawson by David Alien a Kion-
dike passenger Of the steamer Dolphin
which arrived yesterday from Lynn canal
From $3.50 change-in Allen in four DAYS
won $4,000. Two OF the houses in which
ne played had to turn over their boxes,
and two Others had enough of his game
During the progress of his sensational
play Allen had the good sense to patron
fze another bank. From the financial In
stitutions OF Dawson he purchased es-
change In various amounts. aggregatin,-
w, 400. which he mailed 10 brother on
the outside. Eight thousand dollars of
the money he used I'm stalking the gang
as Allen expressed It. That is, he gave
his sporting friends that much money
with which to play the bank themselves
under the customary rules of stake play
Ing. to-wft. half of the money won ana the
original capital TO go to the man supply
ing the coin. And II Is worthy OF note
that Of the score or more staked but one.
THE Examiner Kid" fwilliam Cullen.
won. With the money furnished him ne
won $4,000 for himself and a like amount
for Allen, Then The Examiner Kid"
having paid 81. 400 Of debts. proceeded 20
plunge on his own account and went
broke.
Allen made another record I'm that ne
played from Saturday morning until Wed
nesday about noon without closing his
eyes In sleep.
II ate very lfttle.' he said In telling of
his phenomenal run of luck yesterday at
the Northern, ''and drank Just enough 10
Keep me braced up. l let the other fell
lows get drunk over my good fortune. [
kept sober and did not sleep wink until
had reached the mouth Of Indian river.
on my way out,
stpppfurfpp IN Saturday I pInyad nj
most without intermissoln until Monday
morning. when ] found that / was $4,000
to the good Then took a breathing
spell and a vow that I would quit Daw-
son with at least $4,000. Accordingly
purchased exchange for that amount ana
mailed II to my brother Meanwhile en-
gagged a dog team and driver TO be ready
at a moments notice to bring me out
This done. concluded that | would make
three $50 changes-in, and that II | lost l
would come out ut once. Instead con-
ttnued to win. OF course, l lost many
and so limit and some of the games $50
and S10U. allowing me to press the limit on
the last turn From the O'Brien CluD
won about $4,000 at a continuous sitting
Tho Dominion and Savoy clubs lost $500
and $500, respectively, TO me, and ] won
smaller amounts at other times.
Steve O'Brien and Billy jackson run
the Savoy. They got sample OF my SIN
guar luck Once II came a five-card turn.
There were three deuces and ten and
queen In the box. The queen and ten were
both coppers, with the deuce favorite
play, Realizing the chances Of split.
Jackson, who sat behind the box, allowed
me to play the deuce for $3.50. | played
the deuce with him IL came queen deuce
and had the queen coppered for 800 so
won $3.50 on the turn.
"The next time / faced Jackson another
five-card turn came. There were three
skies. q jack and nine IN the box. told
jackson that wanted 10 bet bunch on
the six TO win He asked me how much
and answered $500. He hesitated ana In
Quirlngly looked up vt his partner O'Brien.
The latter shook his head, as much as
time had $50 on the six with the jack
and nine both coppered for the limit. $50.
took O'Brien's dissent for a bunch
knocked the coppers Oft the Jack and nine,
cut down my six bet to $50 and coppered n
hut six-jack I won and the crowd of
rubbernecks chcered"
After winning all OF the money I'm the
Dominion Club drawer Allen staked Louis
Golden, the proprietor, to another bank
roll With his x70o winning from the Sa-
voy that game ssturned over" lis box for
the night. The proprietors, Jackson and
OBrien. did not longer care to back the
game, at least until after breathing
spell
OF sport. Leaving for the Kondike IN
1928 he fell on the Yukon and broke leg
In three places. Hard luck pursued him
after hia arrival In Dawson. He worked
as Waterman, Ms a porter In a club room
and finally brought up behind faro box
he lost his wages agalnst the game. but
each time with the observation that II he
ever won the proprietOfs would know they
had game Ed Short, the man who gave