Evening star., 1932-11-13
5ar1v Lotteries and Games Of Chance

knocked his hat of out of the window. When
he was informed Of the purpose of the con-
ductor he became greatly enraged and insisted
upon having the train stopped to recover his
hat and ticket He was so very threatening
toward the conductor for so rudely accosting
and frightening him that the conductor be-
came alarmed at his untoward conduct and
begged Beau's pardon, but could only eoncilate
him by allowing him a free passage and promis-
ing to replace his loss by purchasing him new
hat on their arrival at Washington which
promise he faithfully performed to Beau's entire
satisfaction"
THE way he beat two Baltimore hotel keepers
! is worth repeating. 1t is said he was in
stinctively a sportsman, and never missed at
tending the races. On one of these occasions,
are told, while attending the Baltimore
races. "he was fooled by his Judgment and bet
too freely on the wrong horse, so that when
the races were over he was out Of money and
was compelled to resort to some clever dodges
to maintain himself in Baltimore and provide
the means Of returning to Washington. His
first dodge was to procure his meals, and 1t was
necessary. TO maintain his character for
gentility, that he should affect the first-class
hotels of that city His first attempt was at the
B Hotel, where he enqured OF the clerk
If gentleman could get meals for his money
to which the clerk very blandly replied in the
affirmative. Beau at once entered the dining
room, and after monopolizing the attention OF
the servants and dining sumptuously, he re-
turned to the clerk and threw down small
piece of coin about one-fourth the amount OF
the bill, and started to walk away. But said
the clerk, this is not sufficient to pay for your
dinner why, sir" replied Beau, that is all
the money have. and you assured me that
should have my dinner for my money. Just
then the proprietor stepped in and. recognizing
Beau, he comprehended the situation OF affairs
and offered him IS to go down to G-s and
play the same joke on his friend C.. Beau
readily acceded to the proposition and went
down and secured royal supper on the same
tearrns. c. also felt the righteousness OF his
situation, and fearing that his friend would find
out about his being so cleverly sold by Beau
Hickman he gave him $40 to go up and play
the same trick on his friend B. The next
day, when the two hotel proprietors met TO
laugh at each other, they learned how dearly
they had paid for Beau Hickmans patronage"
His dearly bought experience at the gaming
table he was always willing to pass along to
novices in the pursuit of getting rich quick,
and whenever he was called upon to show
young men around the city, if they insisted
upon visiting gambling joints he gave them
this sound advice:
"You want to tackle faro, do you?' he would
say well, then, let me give you some advice.
for you should know something about 1t. When
you get in you will find many players, big and
risky ones too. You play hght-the dealer
may get mad when he discovers how you play.
but never mind him, for he will be compelled
to let you win while he goes for the heavy
players. If you have good luck, don't be too
greedy and determined to break the bank, but
leave before your luck turns against you"
DEAU HICKMAN lived in Washington in the
- days when sheep, goats. cattle, pigs and
other animals were allowed to roam at large.
Before he lost his money no man in Washing
ton dressed better, and, besides he had all the
charm and grace of the real ante-bellum
Southern gentleman for he was born IN Vir-
ginia in 1918. He never married, but upon
one occasion, shortly after he came here called
upon a lady with whom he was smitten, and,
when, like troubadour, he struck pose with
in seeing distance of her boudoir window, and
was in the act Of making most exquisite bow,
a huge billy goat. of the Swampoodle variety,
and naturally of bellicose disposition, whom
Beau had overlooked, reared and struck him
on the reverse side, while his body was in the
form of a crescent. 1t was one Of those terrific
blows like the one that almost killed father,
and We are told that it was of such force that
he was sent bounding to the front in the most
comical gyrations, and finally landed in the
acrobatic pose of standing upon his head In his
superb white beaver hat" 1t is further said:
80 Deep indeed, was the wound to his vanity
that he never recovered from its laceration,
and his confidence in his effective galantry
so greatly impaired that he abandoned
every thought of amorous sentimentahty."
OF course, Beau Hickman, a gambler, was
not in the same class with Maj Robert Bailey,
the most celebrated gambler of his day. Bailey
was here at an early date, and at one of the
White House levees, during the latter part of
the Jefferson administration, was ordered to
leave the house by direction of Col. Isaac A.
Cole, private secretary to the President. Mr..
Bailey was scrapper as well as gambler.
and did not like to have his feelings hurt in
this way. Later upon meeting the secretary
he proceeded to knock him down, for which he
was assessed the sum of $40 for breach of
the peace few days later, according to
an old account, Gen. Nelson (rrobably Gen.
Roger Nelson of Maryland), then member of
Conpress who had defended Bailey before the