Light Come, Light Go: Gambling—Gamesters—Wagers—The Turf

Light Come, Light Go: Gambling—Gamesters—Wagers—The Turf

The gambling spirit inborn in mankindIts various forms in reality identicalResemblance of gamblers to the alchemists of oldCapriciousness of fortuneImportance of small advantages at playAn extraordinary run at hazardNapoleon and Wellington little addicted to cardsBlcher's love of gamingHe wins his son's moneyAvaricious gamestersAnecdotes of the miser ElwesLong sittings at the card-tableModern instance in LondonTwo nights and a day at whist at the Roxburgh ClubCasanova's forty-two hour duel at piquetAnecdotes of Fox, the Duke of Devonshire, Sir John Lade, Beau Nash, and othersCountry houses lost at play"Up now deuce and then a trey"The Canterbury barber The spirit of play in the eighteenth centuryThe Duke of Buckingham's toastSubscription-Houses, Slaughter-Houses, and HellsThe staff of a gaming-houseJoseph Atkinson and BellasisRaids on King's Place and Grafton MewsMethods employed by Bow Street officersSpeculative insuranceIncrease of gaming in London owing to arrival of migrsGambling amongst the prisoners of warThe Duc de Nivernois and the clergymanFaro and E.O.Crusade against West-End gamblersThe Duchess of Devonshire and "Old Nick"Mr. LookupTiger RocheDick EnglandSad death of Mr. DamerPlucking a pigeon [Pg vi] Former popularity of diceThe race game in ParisDescription of hazardJack Mytton's success at itAnecdotesFrench hazardMajor Baggs, a celebrated gamester of the pastAnecdotes of his careerLondon gaming-housesWays and methods of their proprietorsEphraim Bond and his henchman Burge"The Athenum"West-End HellsCrockford'sOpinion of Mr. Crockford regarding playThe Act of 1845Betting-housesNefarious tactics of their ownersSuppression in 1853 ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 53835
Author: Nevill, Ralph
Release Date: Dec 30, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English