The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-08

group of sports, among whom the
veteran Col. Cole Martin appeared IN
: such advantage that he would readily
De taken for a venerable and retired
missionary detailing his experience in
lhe conversion of heather. were dis
CuSslhS the recent extraordinary per-
dornahce of horse which sold for
$oO beating field of half a Dozen or
more last ones, when the colonel. ca
ressing his long, white beard, quietly
remarked:
1t is over quarter of a century ago
that l first knew Doc Burge of Min
neapolis. He had but recently pradr-
ated IN medicine, and before settling
down to practice decided tn mako .
) snort trip to Europe with a fellow
student DR.. Donnelly, the son of the
FAMOUS Ignatius, who has. as YOU fell :
lows don't know, coppered Shakespeare
70 lose and played Bacon wide open.
LIT. Donnelly was going to London toe.
make arrangements for the production
OF some of his fathers writings and
DOC Burge went along to see the
sights.
On the local going over Doc was
lhVelgled into game of poker in the
smoking room. He barely knew tho
game, but as he was out TO SEQ all
there was he consented There were
TWO Englishmen in the game. himself.
and New York Jew. Now in all
the accounts you read of Transatlantic
! steamship poker the American is rem
resented as the professional gamb1ar ..,
ana his opponents unsophistfcated
Englishmen or other foreigners. In
thls particular case, however, the the e
two Englishmen were the card sharns
; and the Hebrew and Doc Burge were
me amateurs. The game proceeded,
and Doc realized at the dinner hour
that the money he had for his Euro
pean trip was eaten into so much that
the chances were more than even that
he would have to put up at Liverpool
) and return by the next steamer.
The game had lasted all day. and
! the bets were high The Hebrew. how
ever, had pretty we'll held his own and
was only few centuries to the bad.
After dinner, when the lights were
turned on the smoking room Doc
took hand with party of four gen.
) tlemen. Only one of the two English
men he had been playing with was in
THIS quartet, the other chap sitting
} down with four others In a new game.
The Englishmen had divided UP. evil
IDENTIFY determined to skin the whole
outfit. The new man in Docs party
was plunger, and he and the English
man had several tits, in which, of
course, the gambler won out. Doc
more wary, or conservative, made but
} few bets while the two gladiators were
3 plunging
Presently the Englishman shuffled
the cards, and as he was about to deal
them out 1T was discovered that it was
the new plunger's deal The cards were
dealt out by the plunger without shut
fling, and Doc had three aces. Draw
! ing two cards to FILL he caught fourth
) ace. The Englishman had four kings,
) and calculated that the four aces We're
} distributed equally between Doc and
4 the plunger. The latter. however, had
jack full, while the fourth player
held a straight. The betting was
) started by the fourth player and after
} several raises he dropped out The
D plunger remained in until the pot
amounted to $4,000 and then he reLuc-
family laid down.
The Englishman sized up Doc and
} was satisfied that he was standing on
an ace full, as the manner in which
he had shuff1ed the cards provided for 3
not more than three kings to Doc and
one to the plunger, while the aces were
! to be his property. The distribution of
} the cards. however, by the plunger
whose deal it turned out to be- disar-
I ranged the gamblers calculations He
figured it ont, therefore, that the doctor
! had an ace full and sailed in to make
) him lay down or call. But Doc did
, neither. He met every raise with $50
better, the limit agreed on, and went
the Englishman to the extent of his
pile, but the doctors pile gave out. 't
His cards lay face downward ON
the table as the Englishman came back =
a M fhn 1.cf
time the other games going on had
broken up and everybody In the smok-
ing room surrounded the table where
over $4,000 in bank notes and gold
awaited the showdown. The Hebrew
who had been playing with Doc dur
ing the first game had quietly taken a
seat alongside of him, and, touching
) his cards, indicated his desire to have
} look. The Englishman's countryman
had meanwhile looked at his fellow
gamblers hand and ostentatiously
threw big roll of bank notes in front
: of him with the admonition, Use it all
if necessary The Hebrew carefully
scanned the doctors hand, and while
all were awaiting the next raise or
call the New Yorker drew out d well
filled wallet, and, handing it to Doc
exclaimed, Go in, Minnesota
There was pause. The two Eng
Hshmen held a whispered consultation,
and then the finish came. Laying down
the TOUR kings, face up, he nerVOuSly
said: call-Can you beat EN-?
} doc smiled as he deliberately laid
} down the four aces and raked in the
} pot.
"'That pot made me a professional
gambler instead of a practicing physi-
) cian,' exclaimed Doc a few years sub
} sequently, when L met him here in
, Washington on his way to Saratoga.
I He then explained that on landing in
Liverpool he Joined a party of Amer
! leans going over to Paris to see the
B Grand Prix de Paris, the annual great
horse race of France for three-year-
olds, the purse being 100000 francs.
The English horse Lambkin and the
French horse LIE Petit Duo-the Little
Duck" translated Col Martin, while
benevolent smile of superiority fitted
across his face g
Now" continued the colonel, "the
French horse had Archer, the cele-
brated English jockey, up, while the
English horse was also ridden by an
English jockey of great reputation Doc
mad crossed over from Dover to Calais
with Archer, and from his brief ac-
4 quaintance took a fancy to him, so that
whereas all the Americans and Eng
b lish in Paris backed Lambkin as much
2 the superior animal, Doc placed his
money on Little Duck, and Little Duck
won. The money came easy to Doc,
= and he travelled the continent, finally,
landing at Monte Carlo, so much that
IL -. L. Il,