Show TOOK PRINCES CASH ASH POKER GAME WITH THE HEIR APPARENT rules of etiquette observed until players sporting blood was up and then he started out to win did you over play poker with a pr prince ot wales asked col torn tom hopkins of texas now promoting gold mines and formerly a buccaneer la a wall street as lie ho sat in tho the grillroom of tho the breslin talking with a now new york telegraph man 1 I have continued tho the colonel meditatively 1 I sat eat in a gamo game with king edward when he was entitled to only three ostrich plumes and tho the iab dlen motto it was at a house bouso party not far from london and 1 I am willing to confess that thai it was not a pleasing ing gamo game at all in tho the early stages it was during those delightful dras when our government was represented hy by schanck a past master in tho the art of poker und ind one of the first men to properly prop orly hedge in the game with rules and laws some of 0 tho the best poker literature wo we possess has been written by schenck Sch and tho the popularity of draw in england Is wholly duo to his exploitation of its merits it was lie who first initiated the prince of wales into tho the beauty of poker and albert edward soon became quite fond of the game it was schenck who introduced me to tho the prince and made it possible tor for me to meet hla his royal highness at ono one of tho the most old manors in ono one of the prettiest counties in al england before the game began schenck took mo me to one side aide and impressed me with the necessity of observing the many rules of etiquette that obtain when playing with the prince ile he laid particular stress upon the fact that I 1 was not to raise unless albert edward had raised and showed a disposition to stay even in that caso case it was regarded as proper to simply see his ralso raise and allow him to tako take the bridge and set the course there were other minor regulations to be observed but that ono one in particular was impressed presse d apon upon me 1 I stuck to that rule for four hours and it cost coat mo me money I 1 laid down many a strong hand just because I 1 did not want to be regarded as aa lacking in courtesy to the prince but final il ot of good american money going across the table and my sporting blood was aroused it hurt me to see my blue and re red ad bits of ivory going across the blaze to the first gentleman in eng land and I 1 felt that while the privilege of playing with the prince of wales walen was worth a great deal I 1 did not care to pay for it in that way it was while I 1 was in this mood I 1 picked up a hand band that looked almost too good to be true four kings nestled together by themselves crowding a poor weak little tray I 1 looked over the hand band carefully and then announced I 1 would stand pat the prince was waa unlucky enough to get a full house in the draw and another player filled a flush of course such a run as that made tor for a killing and in tin an ordinary game unhampered by y the presence of a pr ice and heir apparent the betting would be lively when I 1 started in placing my chips on the table 1 I forgot all about the rules of etiquette the prince made a tentative tive raise of a pound just juat feeling out my hand as it were of course it was expected that I 1 would see the bet but I 1 gave it a slight raise of za 6 and the man with the flush stayed in the prince also got in tor for 95 5 and raised and when it camo came my way I 1 lifted it 20 well its a terrible story the prince tried to intimate to me by dark looks and other evidences of discontent that ho he was not pleased with my methods but it w was as a table stakes same game and he be easily get away without showing a trace of the white feather and ahei after another raise it came my way again I 1 made it cost the prince a level hundred pounds to ajl 1 I woo won ot of course but I 1 could co cc in a minute that I 1 had mado madeth a bad reak the prince really took it bettor better than the others tor for they looked frightened and hurt hurl he was a bit vexed but when the game was over ie e shook hands and expressed himself as greatly pleased with the run I 1 had bad given him |