The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-15

had taken in. The $4,000 which repre-
sents his winnings. accordingly showed
that he had taken in just five times that
sum. Had Navarro been beaten he would
have lost $4,000 on the race
Bets Of this sort are not made now
adays, and it is perhaps better for the
turf that they are not Other heavy bets
are recorded in Grannan's history. as in
1875 he won over $4,000 on Lazaronc in
four starts of that horse and the same
year won $4,000 on One L Love He Is
reported to have won $4,000 from Al
Smith at faro in 1897
Pittsburg Phil and his sensa tienaI kill
ing On his horse, King Cadmus when
the latter was at leo to l, will be well
remembered. PittSburg Pills real name
was George F. Smith. He kept his bet
ting operations more of secret than
did Grammar, SO that it is impossible to
state definitely Just how much he won
upon certain events. 1t is known, how
ever, that he won more than S15O,0OO ir,
one season on his horse Belmar alone
L'HoMMEDIEUs OPERATIONS.
Steve L'Hommedfeu is known to be a
heavy bettor, but white frequent reports
come of his winning bets of $4,000 ard
$12 900 at the Hot Springs pooIroems and
the New Orleans race tracks, no reports
are sent in of his losings, which must
be considerable If he plays on that scale
Like Pittsburg Phil he evades obserya-
ton concerning his bets as much as DOS
s1ble, and a much more complete account
Is obtalnabie OF his encounters with
PInkertons in New Orleans restaurants
than Of his betting operations.
The fact that heavy betting is in deca
dence is - denced by the action of race
track pFoprietors and the close watch
they keep upon such plungers It was a
bet of $1,000 made upon the mare For.
get that caused Riley Grammar to be
denied the privileges of the Eastern
tracks few seasons ago, and his heavy
Wagers, connected with some peculiar
running on the part of the horses on
which he bet, got Steve L'Hommedie1
INTO trouble and caused his suspension
from certain New York courses
1t would appear from this that heavy
betting is considered unlikely nowadays
by race-track proprietors unless the bet
tor has some knowledge of things to be
done which should not be done.
WHERE $4,000 WAS THE LIMIT
In Washington at the time of Bucban-
ans administration, George PendIetop
and Joe Hall conducted gambling housas
which probably saw as heavy pIay as am,
institutions of their sort in the country
Bets at Joe Halls We're practically with
OUT limit and when pressed by a drunken
senator to name a limit he Is said 70
have fixed $4,000 as the maximum, Az
idea of the game may be formed from
the magnitude Of the sum it was th,1s
possleie TO win on a single turn of the
| wheel or cards
The limit at Monte Carlo (Monaco0 for
single bet is 10000 francs. or 81 GOO an
prox1mately. Joe Halls place thus had
4 limit ten times as great as that Of tba
Wofld mas ever known. Hall died poor
| oy the way, in Baltimore. during the
| Civil war 'Ne
/ Senator Whitley, of Delaware intro
| duced young lawyer into HalPs house
| IN the year 1856 and the young man is
SAID to have won $40 900 in one night n
was at Halls house that the unparalleled
record was made by a tyro at faro of
| winning fifty straight bets Sineula,Iy
| enough. owing to the caution with vrbic,
the novice played, compare lively sroan
loss resulted to the establishment
IN 1888 Hail conducted gambling horse
IN New York on Broadway, nearly on
posite the old Metropolitan hotel Tha
game here was never as famous as his
Washington house, but the bets made sim
tower over any wageTs OF today.
The winnings and losings of those days
were wonderful. Albert Pike, of I,ittle
Ieoch' the FAMOUS attorney who received
fee of 81, 100000 for his settlement or
the Cherokee land case, is said To have
lost nearly that amount in Hairs place
at Washington.
Even bigger wagers than those
recorded in Halls place were made in
George Pendleton's Washington gambling
establishment Sergt. s. Prentiss. mem
Der of congress from Mississippi. is said
| to have won $4,000 in Pen6aeton's place
IN one night and the following night to
have lost that sum and the tft.e to much
valuable property in Natchez. Miss-
Albert Pike won So, GOO from PendIeton in
! one night.
| RECORD-BREAKIN FARO GAME
Tine biggest faro game on record is that
inquired IN by Harry Cleveland the once
noted gambler. and Charles Pettibone a
gambler from Tennessee. The game No 9
played in George Pendleton's countr-y
home in Tennessee, and Cleveland lost
| $lo0,G0 In the course of the night Re
paid the amount in greenbacks before he
| left the house, and went our a ruined
man
| Bets on horse races In those days were
conhned mostly to the wagers made be-
tween the owners, their friends and A
lew professional bookmakers. the profess
| sional piunger not being recognized as a
species, and the general play being much