Show TUE GAME Of BACCARAT I bc c J USU c b Baccarat Is I 0 game little known In tho United States but In Eurouo It Is tho chin dlvorslcr c those who tcmut Damp Fortunes flclco smile Wherever on the continent camollne Is Indulged In baccarat bac-carat will 0 found to be the most popu I Fabulous and lar same sums aro won Cst at tho tables and many a tragedy the when Is enacted In gambllncrooma men huvo niakcd and lost their all and them Princes and disgrace confronting PrInce ml lebiIana klngo and peasants havo at Imes risked their possessionsat tho ta blcs > A few have won and have had tho good Judgment to lorsako the gambling habit forever tho vast majority of tho players have lost and ruined palaces and castles Indigent nobleman and bank rupt financiers tel tho lesson I Is only a few weeks b that the foreign newspapers contained accounts of ho Immense losses sustained by Count Joseph Potockl 0 Russian nobleman at n baccarat game In Vienna In four hours play he la said to have lost 500000 0 sum that makes all previous Individual 08SC3 appear Inslpnlllcunu Thu Imperial Chancellor GolucMotvskl who stood by Potockis sIde and saw the monuy lout l has been severely reprimanded by the Emperor Oi po cd to Count Polockl In tho colos cal game wera the Hungarian Deputy Herr von Somero ind irlncc Francis iiaganza Von Szemeru won OOOU from otockl and Prince Diairanza j2SQOiO Tho romnhll KOOuO can probably bo a counted for by tho outstanding players and tho percentage of the table Taking conUanco of these facts tho authorities have Instituted proceedings against Potockl and tho principal winners win-ners The have been notified that they permission are not to leave Vienna without especial Europe has been ringing with scandal evor since Ioloekls losses came to pubic pub-Ic knowledge Nothing lee It has ever been > known even In Austria where gamming gam-ming for high stakes Is common Count Potockl Is very wealthy but Is In the condition that Is bomcilmes termed land poor His estate consists principally of and which at this particular time Is dir IculL to sell In consequence of this the young Russian Count has contracted enormous debts which he hrs engaged to pay off In Installments On two occa Ions within tho last fortnight Potockl Jot heavily fOnltht Tie apparently camo Into tho Jockey club on the opening In question with tho deliberate Intention 01 retrieving his 0303 by a grand coup Von Sseincra not cng a wealthy man the stakes at first were moderate Doth tho Hungarian Deputy und Prince Braganzu won steadily l steadi-ly l from the outset Then the uniortunato and reckless Count forced the high plays and plunged desperately His opponents having won so largely could not refuse his demands to Increase the stakes The rolled up by thousands and tens of thol and Potockl was apparently mad IIIn ace was pale his eyes fevered and gleaming his Hands clinched his hair dlcordered Prlnco Rmganza and Von Szemere wore cool and collected Crowds of noblemen gathered about tho table looking at thc tremendous pin In astonishment The horrlilcd They were at Potocklo losses During the game an elderly member of tLo Jockey club entered the cardroom nnd hearing what wrn going on took tho framed notice prohibiting gambling from ho I wall and placed It on the table before tho Russian plunger Potockl now Intensely excited sprang to IIH feet cclzcd the framed pranl threw It Into tho lire Ho then called for several bottles of Imperial Tokay at 10 u bottle and began to drink deeply When Potockl had lost JoCOCCu and the excitement was at Its height Count Henry Iloyoa endeavored to Induce Potoc kl I I to leave tho tble The Count was rebuffed re-buffed nnd Immediately left tho room Tho game was conducted In a regular fashion and has not been questioned Since the game tho Jockey club has been clOe1 Although Count Polockl now holds tho record ng the hell t player at baccarat In all Europe there have been others who havo risked larjro sums at the game In his early day eking Edward of England lost heavily and much scandal was cause by some of his gambling caca It la a welcj tnbllshcd fact that I I II n lc tablshc that more money Is mode cheutluc at baccarat than can bo Won honestly In this there Is I of couroe no Imputation that tho Count Po tockl did not loso his money falrlv In tho Into Eva Lambrl Pasha made 1OXOCO franc cheating n buccarat George Russell Rus-sell cousin of thQ Duke of Bedford and sonlniaw of the Duko of Roxburghe attained at-tained tin unpleasant notoriety on account ac-count of his rambling exploits I Walter Harbord n brother of Lord DuE Cern wan accused of cheating tit baccarat bacca-rat at Nice Thin Marquis of Iluntly Captain of tho Queen s bodyguard of gentlemen ran awayt to Albania to avoid the police In connection with a gambling 1 experience Lord do Ros the First Baron of England was also Involved In t great I Scnt gambling disgrace In fair and square gambling however tho scandal seems to Ho only with tho loses In this fact the Czar appears to recognize Count Potocklg disgrace Ho has shown his disapproval l by recalling him to Russia Tho Earl of Aylcsford an Intimate friend of tho Prlnco of Wales was ruined by his gambling propensities Ho would not leave a gaming table while ho had a nhllllng In his pocket 5 long a the frame wan going On ono occasion ho eat for thirtysix hours at U stretch playing biccarat This tact was duplicated by tho Duke of York tho grandunclo of King Edward Tho Duchess of Devonshire Is a In veluratu gambler and one of tho most rockiest plunger at Monte Carlo Night after night during tho season she may bo seen at tho tables watching tho turn of the cards with feverish eyes King Leopold while not 0 plunger of the wild Potocki type wins or logca probably O francs n year at Budon Baden or Monte Carlo Chicago Chron Ilcle I |