The Washington times., 1906-08-12
CLUB HOUSE GAMBLING
SARATOGA ATTRACTION
Without if Resort Would Be Flat and Unproftabe-WO-
men Barred From Games-SaratOga Special
Greatest of Sporting Races.

SARATOGA. y. Y. Aug u-With the
Saratoga Special over and gone into the
mystic charm OF the past, the light
heart Of the pleasure seeking demon is
ali for the clubs.
Roulette, faro bank, the whirring clug
Of the hopper ball. and the click Of the
brittle chip, there Is what Is uppermost
IN the mind Of the average sojoUrner IN
this gay village just at this time. Rae
ing Is all right by itself in New York,
Chicago. or San Francisco, but here in
this giddiest center of American life
there is the night TO pass as well as the
afternoons. Unless there is a chance 10
dine and gamble ln the sweet long
stretches Of the evening a Saratoga day
IS half spent.
Expected Lid to Rise.
Everybody is getting his or her
moneys worth at the racetrack. But
about the club situation. On last Mon
day, the first day of the races, Police
Chief King sent out an order 10 the
clubs which read thuswise: "AH gam
bling houses must cease operations" ."
After 1900 visitors had landed in town
expecting a free, rollicking. open town.
the lid" was clamped down. Il will
be remembered that two weeks ago
Sam Emory secured a lease on Can
fields Saratoga clubhouse. He was TO
run It instead OF Garfield. Then the vii
lage council gave Garfield TO under
stand that he and he alone would be
permitted to open up.
Garfield jumped into the breech and
swung VIDE his shutters. Soon his ca
sino drew hundreds OF men and women,
while the stately dining hall, with its
wonderful Administer carpet and solid
mahogany interior furnishings rang with
the gay laughter and clinking glasses
OF the diners. who spoke of the expected
influx OF racing people on Monday, Aug
ust 6. EmuIating Canheld. the Bridge
Whist club. the Manhattan and the
United States clubs opened up. too.
Hope to Open Again.
Then came the great throngs Of money
spenders TO make rich the hotel proprle-
tors and the boarding house mistresses
No sooner We're they nicely cOTralled
than on the aforesaid last Monday Aug
ust G, the police clamped down the
lid " Since then il has been tilted a
Dlts DuL unless the 10 Is Ifteu Speeuliy
wholly and absolutely-and strenuous
efforts in that direction are now being
made by the -puritanical element
in village politics, Saratoga will be dull
as a weather-beaten board plank, and
the villagers win lose thousands and
thousands of dollars because Of the
early departure of visitors Some Of
the minor establishments, ike the
Klondike club and the Palisade club.
are stil going with wide open doors.
They are too insignificant 10 heed
In the meantime, they are trying the
thin edge OF the wedge" idea at the
superb Saratoga club house. When the
thrOngs In the restaurant thin out. the
dealers take their place in front of the
faro banks. and the crOupiers commence
10 spin the roulette balls. Some say the
game will be going full blast in the next
few days
The Saratoga club house Is really the
life OF Saratoga II IS more vital than
even the race track or the parks with
their concert bands and health-giving
mineral springs Life fizzes and eddies
around there. The structure is situated
on a side street just of the main thor
oughfare Of the vinafie. and within dVa