Show TOOK PRINCES CASH POKER GAME WITH THE HEIR APPARENT rules of etiquette observed until players sporting blood was up and then he started out to win n did you over play poker with a of wales asked col tom hopkins of texas now promoting gold mines and formerly a buccaneer in wall street as ito ho sat bat in ili tile tho grillroom of tho the breslin talking with a new york noih telegraph man 1 I have continued the colonel meditatively 1 I sat in a gamo game alt with ling king edward when lio ila was entitled to only three ostrich plumes plumea and the tell dlen dien motto it was at a bouso party not far front from london and I 1 am willing to confess that it was not a n pleasing game balno tit at nil all in tile tho early stages it was luring during those delightful da A when our nur government was represented by schenck a past master in tile tho art of poker and one of tho the first men to properly hedge in the gamo game with rules rulea and laws some of the best poker literature wo possess has haa been written by schenck and tho popularity larity ol of draw araw in england to 18 wholly tile duo to ills his exploitation of its it merits it wan lie he who first initiated tho the prince of wales into tho the beauty of poker and albort albert edward soon bo be came quite fond of the game it was waa schenck who introduced mo me to the tha prince and made it possible for me to meet his royal highness at one of tile alio old manors in one of tho the prettiest counties in all england before the game began schenck took me to one aide and impressed impress ad in mo with tho the necessity of observing the many rules rulea of etiquette that obtain when playing with tho the prince ila ho laid particular stress upon tho the fact that I 1 was not to ralso raise unless albert edward had raised and showed a disposition to stay even in fit that caso case it was regarded as proper to simply soo see his raise and allow him to tako take the bridge and set the course there were other minor regulations to bo be observed but that one in particular was impressed upon me 1 I stuck to that rule for four hours and it cost me money I 1 laid down many a str strong ong hand just because I 1 lid did not want to be regarded as lacking in courtesy to tho the prince but bilt finally I 1 got tired of seeing whole bundles of good american money going across tho the table and my sporting blood was aroused it hurt me to see sea my blue and red bits of ivory going across the blaze to the first gentler gentleman in eng eing land and I 1 felt that while the privilege of playing lying with the prince of wales was waa worth a great teal 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 that looked almost too good to be true trite four kings nestled together by themselves crowding a poor weak little tray I 1 looked over tho the hand band carefully and then announced I 1 would stand pat the prince was unlucky enough to got a full house in tile the draw and another player filled it a flush of court cour such a run as that made for a r and in an ordinary ganir ganic unhampered ok by the presence of a li ce find and heir apparent tl g betting auld bo be lively when 1 started in placing my chipe yf y f the rhe table I 1 forgot all about the rules of etiquette the prince made a tentative raise of at a pound just feeling out my hand as aa it were of course it was expected that I 1 would seo sea the bet but I 1 gave it a slight ralso raise of 15 5 anc an the man with the flush stayed in tile the prince also got in for xa 5 and raised and when it came my way I 1 lifted it 20 well its a terrible story the prince tried to intimate to me hy by dark looks nud find other evidences of discontent that ho he was not pleased with my illy methods but it was a table stakes game and ho he easily got get away without showing a trace of the white feather and who after another raise it camo came my wity way again I 1 made it cost the prince a level hundred pounds to all 11 1 I won of course but I 1 could co cc in a minute that I 1 had made a bad eak the prince really took it betto bette than the others for they looked frightened and hurt he was a bit vexed but when the game was over ho he shook hands and expressed himself as greatly pleased with the run I 1 had bad given him |