Show WONDERFUL POKER MME GAME When Henry Clay Went Against a Royal PLush Flush Correspondence of St t Louis Globe Democrat for a astory tory story are you son pla playing Kentucky Kentuck colonel as your our cur cor correspondent respondent w walked up to him and o of offered him a cigar Lets s e did I ever tU leU y iru u of the time Henry Clay lost his fine pro erty th Springs Springe out ten miles mUes fr from inh here re wa way the to George Georg Lansdowne No Well sit down and I will tell YOU YOUa a about ut it itI S SI I was a little shaver then to go with my father r out to see Henry Clay when he owned and lived a t time at the SprinGS as vo e them hein then All the girls and 1 05 front all aIl over the south clear to New Orleans used to come up there then and they h had some great times I can n tell you Cia Clay had a race track there and some ome or of the bloo brought their racers with 1 them and thousands ot of doUa dollars were I wagered on a single tace I Ther was good fox fo hunting here herc then and the thc hunters hunte g llop aU all r Bath county b fore the they returned Then they would let their horses rest up a day or two and then they would h have ea them themselves selves out on the old course And the dances the they had here at and then out at were marvels of The racing game and the courting game gam was not all the they had there Inthe I old days Old George Lansdowne I here In then md Ito he was wa worth anywhere from 21 to He Was a great pokEr player and once in awhile when he hc was as feeling good he would go O out to see Cia Clay and the they would have a 11 game which would be t l wonder even no not in inthe inthe the days of big stakes Cia Clay wasal ways was glad giad to see him because he was always certain ot of an exciting time wIth the old colonel Lansdowne seldom got the least bit under unde the as we sa say or f gen gentlemen ge but when he did he was a ter terror terror Remember how he be used to get slIghtly In his uPS cups saddle up his mare marc load Joad up his shotgun and make his nig gelS gers hide out In the bushes all around the bill hilJ Then he would make a walk In front of him and beat the bushes for the hiding nig g ger r and when one would jump up and run the old col colonel nel would up with the gun and let Jet him have It Hurt the nig ger Oh no the gun was only loaded with beans and afforded the colonel great pleasure and hurt the nig gers so what was the difference a gentleman Indulge himself In a little pleasure with his own prop property ert erty And When the old colonel got an angry angry gry why I have seen him man many times when he would swell up so In inthe the neck from ang anger r that his collar but button on would burst from his and roll over ocr the floor That aha always 5 madd the old dId laugh About the poker game Oh yes es Well Veil one ope ay the old colonel woke up and he sUJe suz e was feeling his ke keeping ping He to go out and see how bow his friend Benr Henry CIa Clay was doing So he had his get his horse and rode out there Arriving there and par partaking taking ot of a slight refreshment Lana Lans down proposed a poker game Clay agreed and the two went vent to the poker room Soon the game was on fast and nd furious First Clay would win what there was as in sight and then Lens Lan downe would come up with a good hand and take in everything on the board This continued almost an all da day but along toward night Clay lay began l steadily He lost and he lost The colonel k t rall rallying him on 01 his luck luk deserting him and still It ill Clay k Pt losing Finally Cla Clay pushed his chair chait back bak from the table and said sald I have no more mor money b by meat I time B But Ut the Sp springs a are e 1 mIu nine what will ill YOu bet For come me L n t stud tJ led Th Then n h call 5 H r tonE long wanted the springs spring property Th The Yr be worth j just st U to me win 1 And you ou IUbe be ahat much al ahead ead fr ii I you ou wIn What hat do you say Clay agre agreed d nd the coloneL pUlled I a long out or of his pocket and aroi Counted out ca h and notes for tb Tl n the thc game b began agan again First one lose Jose and then the thc theother other At last Cla Clays s luck nga n de him and his pile ll of got gol lower Jower and lower Roth Both had good lan i and both hoh stayed every Tery r Gi Y would raise and nd the bid colonel study ud hand band as Irhe If he was vas in would see It and aud sta stay Clai Jay r thre threw down hIs cards and said in the I yerna Qt QI that da day that he be was wa C Cai all ai in He had held a good hand an al anace alace ace high straight flush of spades The Th old colonel looked at Clays cards a mo moment ment and then again at his own hand A good hand henry he said a good gooc nand hand But and then he laid dow sl ly one b by one the ace of diamonds th of diamonds the monds the ja jack k of diamonds and the terL of royal is a 3 better one Clay pus pushed ed back his chair and oh lowed b by the walked I out of the th a room A few Cew days later the legal legaI fran far of toe tile property was mane made and the tb E Colonel nel bec became m owner of oC the springs They have never never been the same since Ince and never wIll vIll be I reckon The Th colonel colont sighed liz as le he rose from isis hIs chair and Ed by the reporter for the open door Go and l write writ your StorY JY son SOI he and say y that that was the I strongest pok r game garp eV r pa played ed In i these parts Tl en as the rep whispered something to the old oid Kentuckian smiled and said ud Well VeU it Is a trifle cool dont care te If I 1 do doand doand and back he went Into the hotel |