The Washington times., 1904-10-16

Having asked no one for capital and
having dismissed the cTOupier whose ser
vices were no longer required IL became
a question between myself ana my oInet
hacker whether i should begin play with
his capital In 5-franc pieces or wait until
We had raised &5,0JU and play IN LOUIS
I according TO the terms Of my original
prospectus We were on the point or
agreeing 10 the FIRST idea when my
hacker was compelled TO withdraw
owing 20 financial difficulties brought on
him by the misGemeauor OF a blood re-
latton. / absolutely believe this story
but let us imagine Lney were Dotn men ~
straw and had only come TO pick my
brains with no intention OF subscribing,
and turn 10 the system Itself, AT the
same time noting that some fifteen or
sixteen shares Of ElUJ have been applied
I for. not laid for. except BY one gentle
come from Scotland besides many other
; inquiries. in formulating 4 system you
nave 70 pear ~ ihllu me oli Is ~, ~
I explaining IL 10 men VINO know tne
game 10 IS not difficult, 10 others II IS
I labor in vain TO Try TO make II clear
/ Il tell them. and the casino al Monte
/ Carlo viii indorse my statement, that
J the percentage OF red over black or
vice versa during days, week s, or
a years play Is infnitesimali IN other
words, that red and black turn up al
most as evenly as a penny VIII turn up
/ heads and tails II you spin II LUZ
Z ], 10000 OF 10000 600 times.
s'It is upon this equality OF chance
{ that the system Is based The rest Is
I mere mathematics where clear and
I fraCt dIIring the progress of the game
But OF course, l say TO them, there
{ YOU and you must be prepared 10 face
I those runs which happen TO be against
I you.
Can Lose Fifty COups, Yet Wtn. =
/ During the ten years have known
I the foundation OF this system / have
been trying 10 ascertain what capital
/ was necessary TO Withstand such an
I adverse run. / have myself seen a series
of twenty-one blacks when I might have
been playing on red, and I have heard
{ OF runs OF tW enty-siX and thirty inter
/ mittences when a player might have
been following the last winning color.
/ These are very, very rare, and eighteen
Is a long series OF consecutive losses,
but in my system with $500 capital I
am prepared Tor a COnst cuLiNe run u1
nfty adverse COups before my capital Is
I swamped. SIN better and here IS a
} great point I must lose 5so consecutive
coups before I can touch the maxim UNI
{ stake allowed at trente et QuaFdnte.
/ Il play this game because or the
{ higher maximum and because con
I slider the chances rather more equal
/ than roulette, and because more coups
are played in the hour than at the last
mentioned game. Moreover, 4 count the
an apTes or zero as losing coup Wnen
as often as not your oFlslnat STAKE
Q
I been temporarily placed. As 10 the
I labOur OF the system IL is true that one
man would soon be demenJed were ne
i To play all day for more than week.
IN is therefore part Of my scheme that
eutIernen who have been tried in
mathematics. who are known as men of
honor, and yet Ike myself have no
money 10 invest. shall be employed as
reuefs at so many hours a day. wage
I their expenses, and commission on
their earnings to be paid them.
So do J. But here is tried mathemat-
lical calculation II have won large sums
at it in years gone by, which dedes. ex-
Icept by heavens mandate, the laws OF
equality. The bank claims q to % In its
flavor. / claim 10 4 IN mine. If i lose
80 TO 40 winning coups, or 200 70 400. or
Z 900 20 1900. / have not lost 50, 500. or
600 units. but 1 have won no. LEO, or
IA 600 units,
''In one way my system certainly diff
fers from most other systems. It nas
been tried not merely among friends but
with an actual CroupisT To all iutents
and purposes the experimental play was
identically the same as the real thing az
Ostend or Monte Carlo with the excep-
ton that winnings and losses We're paid
in counters and not current coin Of the
During the Boer war the Earl of Ross
Ism served as Lieutenant in the First
Fifeshire Volunteer Corps, lie was
captured with the irish troops while lu
the Orange Free state en- route ia
fEroonstad- After the war ne published
"a book called Twice Captured I'm
which he cast some reflection upon the
behavior of the Tenth Hussars at san
mas Post. King Edward. then The
Prince OF Wales, was the honorary col
oneI of this regiment. He teIegFaphed
10 Lord Roberts. who replied that
neither the Household Cavalry nor the
Tenth Hussars did anything TO discredit
their grand reputation during the re-
verse at Sanna's Post Lord Roberts
} telegram was sent TO Lord ROsslyu, and
T the young earl replied that he was moi
: aware that Lord Roberts had retuteC
the allegations as he did on June ID.
Had he known of the commandment
chiefs statement he would never have
? laloWed the paragraph to which eXcep-
lisa was taken TO appear In his book.