The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27

In ,hr-e moaths was q grand slam made
against him.
He frankly acknowledged that hs did
not play a. well as he should after so
much practice, and excused IL by saying
tina, hs played only for amusement and
cared nothing for the money value of
the game or he would seek opportunities
where tn. stakes were higher
On being asked IL h. knew any reason
for his having always been lucky he
only said that IL seemed to go his way
whenever he took card in his hand, No
matter what the game was. He had
played whist. b.Szique. pique;. cribbaGe
and bridge. and il was always the same.
He told the writer that il he wer. 10 lose
every rubber he played for the next ten
years he would still bs NO far ahead of
the game that h. could afford to buy
life membership in any club I'm London
with his winnings.
In contrast To this. there IL not On
record any authentic instance OF con-
tlnus-d bad luck except in the case OF a
good PLAYER. This. "a Mossop explains.
il because the good player sticks to the
game in spite OF his bad luck. while the
poor player sticks tn il only a. long n
he il in good luck
-Pembridgr.- the author Of whist.
or Bumblepuppy. was the most unyor-
tunate card holder the writer has ever
known or heard Of. So persistent was
his bad l,rrk that he was compelled gradu
ally TO reduce IN" stakes he played for
hy joining cheaper clubs until he settled
down Ia thr.e-penny points at the Ken
sington CONSTITUTE onal Club. OF which he
was "a member when he died.
Although acknow lodged o he one Of the
finest players in England for five years
-Pembridge- found himself n loser nj
the end Of very month. without having
a balance to his credit in all thar time.
Playing single. double and the rub. he
lost go points in two mont hs. and right
on top Of that he lost iSt points in two
DAYS This would he about equal 10
osing a.eso points 1t bridge. or. nearly
IS OO0 points month Al two and half
a point, this would mean a loas OF sa25 q
month. or nearly $50 day RICH, along'
Drsvson. the author Of Card Decis-
IONS is an example OF the huctuat iona
that elualize matters He confesses
10 being TWO or three thousand points
a
getting it back during the year THAT fol-
lows His ultimate margin Of success
which was about per cent he rnodestiy
tributes 10 his better play and not
TO better average luck
There ar. many remarkable inst ances
Of Cudden but short runs Of good or bad
luck. such rs Bertrand teaches us We
must expect In -know!edge for July
- 1855 II is reported that one Of the
fines, whist players i'm London NJ that
lime lost twentv-three rubhers in sue
ce.,sion. Though one of the beet players
IN the club wac his partner most OF 1h"
string In Walkers -Philidorian- men
70 change his luck by cutting into other
tables. and who played nj four different
ones during the evening. vet he los
twenty-s rubbers out of thirty
Henry Greville. the younger brother Of
tho clerk - tho Privy Council. tells us IN
his diary that on Hollow Eve in 1850 h"
playod ton rubhars end lost them all and
wha; re thought equally remarkable was
that he ncvCr cut tho deal during that
time Al tho famous Malvern Club in
March 1898 n PLAYER held only ono trump
five con srcutiV" tunes in IN" same rubh@r.
and IT the sFmc club next day hc h.ld
four snGi" trunps in fvc "ons"cuttr"
deals
Al tho Same club r PLAYER who was
complaining Justify about his bad luck
ana ne mn W a.-,:s ~
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