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Anecdotes Of The Passions And Vicissitudes Of Gamesters

A MAGNIFICENT FORTUNE WASTED.

Lord Foley, who died in 1793, entered upon the turf with an
estate of L18,000 per annum, and L100,000 ready money. He left
with a ruined constitution, an encumbered estate, and not a
shilling of ready money!

AN ENTERPRISING CLERK.

Lord Kenyon, in 1795, tried a clerk 'for misapplying his master's
confidence,' and the facts were as follows. He went with a bank
note of L1000 to a gaming house in Osendon Street, where he won a
little. He also won two hundred guineas at another in Suffolk
Street. He next accompanied some keepers of a third house to
their tables, where he lost above nine hundred pounds. He played
there almost every night; and finally lost about L2500!

GAMBLING FOR RECRUITS FOR THE ARMY.

An Irish officer struck out a mode of gambling, for recruits. He
gave five guineas bounty, and one hundred to be raffled for by
young recruits,--the winner to be paid immediately, and to
purchase his discharge, if he pleased, for L20. The dice-box was
constantly going at his recruiting office in Dublin.

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