The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-04-18
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rs to whether Houghton Is entitled to
Watkins, dxpencc, the matter Is taken
10 the recognized authority aud his do
cisiou In finsl.
\ iue TWO most populhr games are
! Grown and Anchor" and House"
The puraphernaila used In "Crowa
and Anchor consists OF piece OF can
vas two feet by three feet. This IL
divided into six equal squares. In these
squares are painted club. diamond,
heart. spade. crown. and an anchor.
three dice used. each dice marked the
up his gnmbhnc outfit In the corner of
billet and starts haiiy-hoolng until q
crowd OF Tominies gathers around:
then the game starts.
The Tommies place bets on the
squares. the crown or anchor being
played the most. The banker then
rolls his three dice and collects or pays
out as the case may be. n you play
the crown and one shows up on tho
dice. you get even money. " two show
up. you receive two 10 one. and II three.
three to one. II the crown does not ap-
pear and you have bet on II. you lose,
and so on. The percentage for tho
banker Is large II every square 10
played. but II the crowd is partial 70.
my two squares. he has TO trust to
luck. The banker generally wins.
The game OF House IL very popular
also. II takes two men ia run IL. This
irxame consists of numerous squares OF
cardboard containing three rows OF
numbers. Ave numbers to row. The
numbers run from one to ninety. Each
card has = different combination.
The French "cstamlnets" in the vii
lagos are open from eleven In the morn
Ting until one In the afternoon in sc-
cortance with army orders.
After dinner the Tommies conxre-
gate at these places 10 drink French
beer ct penny n glass and play
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As soon as the estamiuct In sum
cientiy crowded the propri-tors OF tho
"House" game get busy md. as they
term II. form y school, This consists
Of going around and selling cards at
frnnc each II they hnve ten In ths
schooi. the hackers Of the game do
duct two francs for their trouble and
fhe winner gets eight francs.
Then the gnme starts. Each buyer
places his card before him on the Ia
Bile. FIRST breaking up matches into IT.
teen pieces.
One OF the hackers OF the game has
small cloth bng In which are ninety
cardboard squares. each with a mum
Der printed thereon. from one to nine
~. He raps ON the table nnd cries
out: Eyes down. my lucky lads"
All noise ceases and every one Is at
tenfion.
The croupier places his hand In ths
bag and draws forth a numbered
square and immediately calls out tho
number. The mnn who owns the card
with that particular number on II.
covers the squire with n match. The
one who covers the fifteen numbers on
his cnrd 6rst shouts "HouseF The
other hacker Immediately comes over
to him and vcriies the card by calling
out the numbers thereon TO the man
with the bag. As each number ls
called he picks II out Of the oucs
picked from the bag aud says. Right
n the count is right he shouts. House
sell him a card for the next school"
The lucky gentleman generally buys
one unless he has u mlser trnce In
his veins.
Then another collection is made. .
school formed, and they carry on with
the gnmc.
The cniier-out has many nicknames
for the numbers such us 'keliy's Eye.
for one. Legs Eleven" for eleven.
''(Jiickety-click- for sixty-six. or Top
OF the house. meaning ninety.
The game Is honest and quite en-
j0yabie. Sometimes you have fourteen
numbers on your card covered aud
you nre waiting for the fifteenth to be
callesi. In nm imploring voice you call
out. "Cotne en, Watkins chum. fm
sweating on 'Keily's Eye"
Watkins generally replies. ..weli.
keep out OF q draft, you'll catch cold"
Another game IL "Pontoon." played
with cards; 1t r. tile same as our
"Binck jack" or ''rwenty.one."
x card game called ..Brng" is also
/, popular. Using casino deck, the
denier deals encii player three cards.
II is .isu!lnr to pur poker. except for
! the fact that you only use three cards
| and cannot drnw. The deck ix meyer
| shufiled until man shows three Of
kind or ''priic" as It IL called. The
| value Of the hands are. high cnfe.
| pair. run. flush or three Of Lind
| or "priIe." Tho limit Is generally
| penng. 80 Il IL hnrd to win u fortune.