| Show mm BILLIARD CUE lia is school and resort in a dingy alloy IN IH GAY CAY PARIS A tak with A it Is C 4 hoy der who avlo 1 LA one of ax pulla pull A deal daily ot 11 i ebin arof I ino kiloh largo fago seats sam of manor are WC freJ d pylant C by b b to ballar A A dl ca IBM I 1 PARIS del dec 12 ISM la one sense ec neo the french know noth loff OR of c sport in another they are arb pas pai devoted deio teil to it they have leave DO DOtI oual game no club or tournaments yet sport li Is one ot of the I 1 lew ew words vorda adopted directly receil and placed edth w alli ilg arois do rival tea la in the vocabulary alfir of everyday french sport 1 in french r nab applies almost exclusively to lo horne holds racing so nearly dearly that ono oconA lonal exception la is not worth noting fr every little cafe Is 1 an or the bo head quart erg of oc ra nn agent aut for or tho the ora era at tuo the race tracks so lo 10 fire are many of the barber shops anil and in some cases a arcet i corner with adour a doom ay as convenient in clue caa of role rain answers the P purpose ur P 0 the a back bookmaker or and ana me hla EAU patrona it J it at every s nauncy off whether to other it bo 11 I 1 corner ra rot or bar est the RA dufin with ill ill the book back la Is expected pat I 1 dally ily at a a certain ot A 1 be r and hla bla 0 1 I or always on hand they comprise W h fiat P ty ua I 1 21 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 raf I 1 I 1 I 1 MAURICE ArnicK ii VION kux AT TILLY every order ot human boing women by no DO medi means excepted those who hale time nod and money to spend in g going n to seo the races reserve their bets beta until they meet tho the I 1 ool sollers at the course the vast majority lad and their diversion and their dally hope ope in tile brief call at tho the cafe N where here the re r ports orts of yesterdays events uro are posted ineil i teil ra in a till the careful weighing or of rob abili it alm anil the placing of 0 tile F ir money moncy I 1 they yesterday they also the satisfaction ol of cashing tickets in Ameri catho bet accepted by a 11 bookmaker Is usually file an dollars ilo llara hare it la Is fly ore trance franc or about ono one dollar anti and dion 01 en alila way be EO hazarded as aa to cover avio chances that Is in two and alid ono ODO hok balf francs renca may ho be laid that tho the borso named nauvin ill win slid and thu the remaining small amount that 1 1 ho I will be placed that I 1 li 0 CO come in it cannot bo be that hat all the petty win will or eliat fit nil can cau it dally stake of oven even live francs franc but so BO far ar as I 1 havo have been ablo able to observe olner te the rama flame faces fac are at the same cafes avei y day whoa A hen the agent sits down 0 ver over his bla coffee and cohune to register lutor the bets it Is a no uncommon tiling to see BOO a woman with a huckster a call stop slop pushing and her ward long lone benour h to enter what we would call la in now york it a saloon hero here cafe and place pines live francs ou oil a favorite racer orthe or tto wife of tile the plop proprietor later of if like lie some same cato cate come from brid oil the bar during daring a lull la in bainer to back or her bior hus bug tofella evl ip blanco layor or it ano 0 or three kits of 0 la annera are katti knitting A the r r uhl ro a their u records find anil anno announcements a where these got get their money or what proportion of oc it joea annually to satu the purges of 0 tile tho POOls ellera we do not know anil and cannot eur it la Is 1 n I ment simply that such euch sport ui as cho french have par takes very verj largely ot of 91 gaming i 9 aghilo I 1 CAN cauuet ag lilo iol in france frasca that typically YC american federal fei eral rp keople Is gathered lu in the clr 1 to it aa a a gamo gains of ball it Is dot that there Is 11 no baseball game abre but that it docs riot not seem 1 abble I Is that bhuta a P benchman hman could be per leaded to sit elt for tin an hour hoar batching vat chIng a coo test for tho the dimple bimble loves love of 0 the iho rame game there 11 19 betting on in our games ot of baseball football lacro be I 1 etc etca but bat after all the your rant ina majority arlt 0 of the arc present t to a enjo imply tho the sight of play here even pleasure giving exercise Is rare find and holly somo some of tile tho dealt wealthy by men haie a a yachts be ant t the thero ro Is no general gont gent eral interest to la yacht log as there Is la in all seaboard and lake t lowus 0 lo in america darlus tho the summer lue months young oung I 1 men paddle about the soine la in 1 tile brats beats usually with n R RW sweetheart dot along an hardly conducive to racing or tho the de of calleman Cal reman hip there oro are shooting boxes on wealth wealthy y estates scattered about france but nothing like the iho interest iu ILI tham that hat prevails in augland or la in the tho annual shoo shooting ting reasons Hoat ioos in la america I 1 elk 0 once lee 1 a aw a b I 1 IQ cavalry 8 stationed la in the couL country itry get up lip a gam A so similar loan r hare and hounds or paper chose chaee the tt J 4 r W T ni r gr y V PA k I 1 p oft e 11 47 I 1 t ya 1 13 x 0 yet y I 1 1 1 f I 1 it I 1 I 1 J 4 1 I 1 I 1 N I 1 1 I 1 I 1 N if t 0 1 t r BETTING ON THE chess la ill this ibis instance being conducted on OB horseback the only ptsy steel exercise exer cibe cibo really cultivated that might be included la in sports ports la is tenc falls 1 anit tho the military atmosphere of 0 kaepa that alive anil now and again it gets a pretty excuse tor for beloi befog by means of 0 a dael acl these riot are too actual tournaments our with the sword under goy gov eminent patronage these thesa things recorded ro cordei oil all sports to la france might be dismissed from cone con were it not for or bUU fiSa no account la is taken of course ol of the eai uti of the green talk table but bat the mentlow tl oOt ot moto me to ad mil felt that the french live have a national nallon nl game came but they can baldly lay claim 10 it inasmuch as it was invented long before france was known and has since become universally fulti voted billiards however la is cultivated more in francs france than elsewhere ant anil tharo are doubt loss A greater number of cu good players hero than in any other country yet alio a here ot of gaming to III as dena delta about till game as it Is about tho the racetrack race track aud and in this as la in other tl jing the french appear to think fir arut at ot of the wilger end and second of the gante ganio ono onn of the wait interesting last insel til patio is the school ot of bit I 1 lords dept by the great any lover ot of the rama he should couin come hero would naturally inquire ln itro for or A hall lie ilo would naturally expect to be ba directed to a large elegantly appointed many all as and at Ii fuit 03 similar places ill america kept by stich noted play erf era ai ag stepson Sl onson be haeffer end and laly daly it if to tila his inquiries he bo should bear at 0 the vignaux school lit bis In inglot lot would Is be I 1 am certain his hight bight toxie ened ll S so a much the bo greater li his sur surprise prime arid and t scho in the I 1 pano fano I 1 tomas drives an lutri cato narrow iley loading lending from the th 6 Tou boulevard cut levard it montmartre elji bul 1 liling I iiii ingy axy dingier inside Insl 11 ele ilc tit tito the first 1 is room entered cuter front tho the I 1 paga r to Is 3 low lem thao than twenty loot nada and li perhaps orly fret feet I 1 lonn ong billiard ill 11 table ab I 1 14 in tile tho nili lillo oc the room C 11 lighted gil it by two lampf with big C is to it illda tribute tho the light bealy f over or tho the table at ono ODO end ot of the table aro are llara it if benchea fur spectators at the other oilier a fw ew rowa of chairs along each alijo 0 alio llio room renaa raised beach and a row raw of chair interrupt sit nl on on one oleo liv by a doba for tits lie cagkler cag bler anil and oa do the alia other by ay iy a bla blackboard it for or tho the marker this la is the th exhibition room to which we ivo ili return later leading out from it tint at ono oni end Is another room loom la in illch I 1 ij a table used ely for 1 pin in pool A placard posted dp do clares bat hagere is lira ale a N but DO pill ilu gains la is evir ever at least ono me sigyr franc bauc tor for each contestant on oa llie ills raid mid tile dlo via pin and whenever that tito pla la Is knocked knock cl sm over in any but the reliable way the unfortunate player lila tir A title dds nn fin other enoc to tho the pile I 1 paw nw ono ganie gains between two good pia that pacified 1 alth l th so really in OR gre ventures blidt alio 0 0 original y two franca on ilia pin pill had be loan en increased to twenty bo tore 0 r a they fell ell from a proper iru ier stroke abdil d were pocketed by the player ancarrow A narrow dirty stairway vinda from thia roooto dooni to thou alio upper floor of tile tho school an alt attention conducted me ui lip this on tile the occasion uon ol of my mr bret visit when I 1 bad called with it A friend to play a game lu in ignat 1 P place bl L I 1 felt that liera here at least ei might be found corresponding to tile the comfort and elegance eloga aco which aro are corn COLD billed la in tho average american hall no the ake upper floor consisted of two small tooms each lost just largo large elou enough tor for one table two chairs a cue rac rack and a small stand for or the inevitable coffee bramly or that recall accompanies paris diversion I 1 do not re r cali dull walls alls arro ero graced with a single picture find anti I 1 am certain a in that tho the chairs were not cush boned the t elble ble and faoro ore fairly good anil and till thin comprises the whole ot of tho the business place of the most export billiard player in brance it I 1 thore there are other rooms in tho the they are not for or billiard billiar dR none other la in hicl fact are anro from the public patronage tito upper roomi are ili so alight demand front roni casual players that I 1 doubt th or tile thu income derived from froin them bould uld be considered profitable by nil fill A amerl 0 can yut yet from two p we BJ t to o six full and from nine to midnight Is 19 crowded every day RO 90 there not dot to play but bat to b hot 0 t their money on gacci sam kiam I 1 I 1 ar I 1 y I 1 ii 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 P ff G I 1 ift 01 CARTR vignaux employs several reveral ot of the best beat raux milliard lillard I 1 players in france it la Is I 1 liola of 61 to pany a against loot each other during lift the be bones A a just jurt mentioned en tho a public knows kno chrt the playing will ill be or ol a ili I 1 order anti and that it will be strictly strict he honest cst couo one of these hired experts coula uld afford to lo play other than hill ha bolt best f or D r tile the patrons would could speedily recognize nizo it laiu h I 1 lt anna and then ills n occupant occupation i oa bould bo be 0 U bineau ee ga alro played la in tho the room beat described bed abon the have hato been appointed by the alio niaD ni aunger the style of game decided and the iho olila announces fur jr it IB 18 belilos the that t players are ara evenly installed the tha crowd about the table to make aake their belo the players stand at aliber end ot of tho the table each ith a book in ili hand band to register tho the bets b la laid on oa himself and to collect the money after all iho wish to bet hove have deposited deported their me e ond anti their choice the ilia booke me still and ciali ate ari locked loc bied in a tin lla box and placed on tile ii desk the itie gain kaabe kaaie 0 t lion proceeds and at the end the be backode clicks ot of the iho wiener re receive a sive money molloy lem leg twenty per cent this la Is deducted for division equally between the pl alaers aers ers it sounds bounds like a heavy tax but no oil od mission Is charged and the omnipresent refreshments aro are birned at ordinary price still II if any american sport feals coln that lie he would oba object e c t to III balne tug fifty franci for tho the sake of 0 f winning thirty la ill a game where tile tho cha chaas had boon as steely adjusted UH log the ho h handicap a of ad odds do could effect that I 1 shall offer no arguments bia attitude I 1 can only hay bey that horluk frenchmen do this day after day not only at but in many other billiard rooms of less fame in aarts the games banies as I 1 baa bate a said bro are of ft a very high order and it naturally be thought that all palm pains would bo be tadeu to bacare the be for play the table abla to in as good as pos 0 sib ibbil Ib leIt lIl la 11 thoroughly iso lorat ell a at lal later 1 I 1 vals of a few days the players pl ol 01 course use aae their own owa cues anu and gout booi balls are am provided r but the states atmos alere lit la so do exceedingly bait bad tint that the ca lalla must deteriorate rapidly all who wish to find and that means nearly eiery boily constantly no urto of alm windows auit boora opening tor for the most putt part into covered areas or pass ageg eq ale 0 proper oven even with the most brilliant play in progress ress it is to keep the eyes open among aiming VIgna uxa in owes this summer and was wall sir carter the expert cushion player from i loco osin lie he has halt been lit in receipt of it a good salary and plenty of fit but he b has as not no experienced nn 00 alloyed happl happiness ness I 1 cant do 10 myal jostles here lie not explained ihu cho atmosphere 18 so bad that both balls and got oat ant ot of order quickly so that fine coo clayto ilay log is IB almost out ont of it tile til question I 1 lied fei as 03 it 11 I 1 were using elmege hommer halt t alio 11 e time lime besides that ihu I 1 leaie late tho the most dreadful oil dadd da wares lit rca enough for if 1 the iho air has ao an effect oa ivory that hint the player can cali wily is affect the player hl that I 1 might pass pasa complaint it 1 it not for the hi fact act that tny my experience here W 1 not dot teaching me I 1 call anu dot improve unit under er such nuch conditions couill llone and beh idea of the chief induce ments under m bach I 1 came here bore was that I 1 should have the privilege ot of playing nuli till vignaux I 1 boa beat t him bitu at cushion carols caroms Fl overal tim almea es and then ho he went want off into info the C country ono try to I 1 toy stay rather than tako take an any Y more do fuels aitla from an empi the hinr P players cerp while fagoo lie tit billiard lata are 0 jealous anti anil hat hard it to get oa do with I 1 have to play all sort of or i at a nil lit hours houra ever y day and bo a gamet in on call 1 1 all t ahn time bo abor CAI I 1 am to appear or not dot mr carter said a good many mady other things mines riot not wholly complimentary to the lio french but fiut he 10 may get over om that a boo bo be in IA once more to in familiar at mo phero cud and in sound of a familiar language I 1 hail bad the pl of sao boo itil ono of ahli pampin allu ili vignaux and ami I 1 fellow hiow that soon af iiller I 1 or it the id u moua alone frenchman betoi bedoc himself for an aa ext eridA vacation lolo late ill the a country A curious of 0 mr carters has baa becea that though tie ho r demonstrated his great ill P 7 0 o in cushion play the tb b b 1 a 0 at abo be place would riot not back gamo BOOKS the opponent allowed allow oil its They could not beem ti it themselves thom Belvea abat monster artay As aa thay called him rould could play pill ad a I 1 saw him I 1 play once sj al wl with tit the most expert P player 4 y nt that rama in franco france 11 iota excepted ex citel carter wag illon 1 wt 4 4 a 40 0 pot he ran out in four our alb in 0 leaving baring his opponent with a points to ILI bla credit naturally enough carter WAS oceana atonally tlona a lly dilea ted but oo on the whole 1 be ties liaa matte a strong record here I 1 the |
