Semi-weekly herald., 1907-11-28

post none but the judges ~sr, In 4
lost City thousand dollars or won
ten thousand: but when the numbers
we're hoisted 1t was found tn y the de-
cisIon was in favor of Jaa Cotton
Later on the judges announced that II
had been agreed that the faro"it- h:i
won Dwyer's bet for him by scYnt
inch and quarter.
John Sanford, a member of the state
racing commission. and the late Pierre
Lorillard, both won on the merits OF
horses trained with the secrec,- that
marked the preparation OF ki1g at
mus. Sanford's betting is srD'atic
rather than systematic and the layers
Of odds should have seen storm sig
mails when he showed a desira in
two years ago. He and his fathe" ase
scientific breeders of horses, able tn
tell real form when they see it. and 10
develop it TO the limit of its possible
ilfS~ III Sluu.
Amsterdam New York. they had a
youngster named Mohawk. which early
displayed evidence of speed and sta-
nina. number of trials on the home
track demonstrated that the speed
was really phenomenal. In 1905, there
fore, Mohawk was shipped OF Saratoga
md entered in race for 2-year-olds.
The bookmakers didn't think much
or him, and cheerfully offered ten to
one against his chances of winning.
John Sanford took all the money they
wanted to bet at these odds, and the
next day was able to push a deposit
slip for more than fifty thousand dol
lars through the receiving tellers win
dow of the Amsterdam bank.
Pierre Lorilisrds biggest single win
ming was with Pontiac, when that
horse won the Suburban. Pontiac was
an imported racer without any re-
markable record abroad. But his new
owner had seen enough OF his work to
have confidence in his future, so he
sent him up to his farm at Rancocas.
he quietly trained for the big event
His Judgment was justified to the ex-
teat of seventy-tve thousand dollars
tboy, the big stake money. and he
'ould have won considerably more IL
-. not been that restrictions were
-aced on betting at that particular
meeting.
In the days before the war. when
senators and representatives. were not
tbove making occasional small bets
across the floor, and the evenings were
not given mp to the preparation OF
magazine articles, several large gam.
bling houses tiourished in the national
| rapita The most celebrated of these
vas Pendleton's on Pennsylvania ave,
re. As many stories could be told OF
| the lannon's all night sessions there
as OF Almack's, Brooks or any OF the
historical London houses of the eigh.
| teen century.
Senator Green o. Missouri, having
won four thousand dollars at faro one
evening. decided that he had had play
| enough for one evening: and the deal
! e> WAS about to close the game TEN,
| porarly when there strolied into the
place Albert Pike, author of THE
Hymn to the Gods" and THE Fine Old
| Arkansas Gentlemen"
| What, not through already. are
| you?' he asked. Just let me have a
| guess for a thousand, and III put the
bill on the pot Ia privilege permitted
only to favored players) II you have no
| objection" The dealer nodded, and
the space between the six, seven, and
eight spots was covered.
A six spot showed up first, and
| Pike had won his thousand.
1T all goes he said, and left the
two thousand in the same place.
| Il go you" responded the dealer,
! and drew-the seven spot,
Two Thousand more brought the pile
To four Thousand. The dealer looked
at Pike and raised his eyebrows in.
quiringly. Pike nodded. Once more a
card was pulled. and it proved to be
| the eight spot
| Pleasant call" said the dealer, Pike
~asged his immense gray bpard.
There We're now four cards remain
ing In the box. and the person who
| called successful received four for one
Il call it ak TO eight for eight thou
sand said the poet,
II so you" answered the dealer.
who pulled once more. saw six and
| eight come out, and closed the game
| for the night In few minutes Pike
had won thirty-two thousand dollars.
At this same house Thaddeus Ste.
vens won fourteen thousand dollars at
one sitting from first bet OF only
| twenty dollars. Here also the brilliant
and universally popular Congressman
Sargent S. Prentiss won forty thou.
sand in one night. celebrated his sue
cess with six quarts of champa gne,
| ana returned to lose the whole of the
| forty thousand and deeds for four