Show BETS MADE IN INDIA O ON RAIN AND BIRDS r Peculiar Forms Formic of r. r Gambling Ii In Which HI BI uhf r Are r h by X XIn In India ant morl more l' l especially Pc tall lall In the large larse seaport I towns lown gambling I Is found In almost over ever every conceivable form torm from the tho sweepstake on the Calcutta cup to th this the chuck chuch farthing of the bazaars says MYS London Tid The rainy season seaon however r brings Into temporary VOI vogue a particular kind of ot speculation which Is about the simplest specimen of gambling to be found anywhere and anil tut has the advantage advantage tage or distinction of allowing no opportunity op 01 to and anel birds of kindred red feather to ex exercise th theIr h skill In an any manipulations which deceive the eye ce of the novice I This system of ot gambling g Is called sutta or rain speculation The man mami mano who Io o thinks himself weather wise bets bots according to his opinion an and It Il rests with the elements only to decide who Is the winner The betting ma may take place anywhere so long as aff there Is a n roof root and spout or a rain gauge gaugl recognized by both parties s In lii the betting transaction J If the he gambling takes place in a t room there will wilt probably bf ht a long table extending from one end eId to the other at one side Mid of If this table na are the tile bookmakers Is I's sitting on cushions and anel by their sl side a gorgeous ou brass hound bound box and ami native Inkstand d an and old fa fashioned sandbox and these men book the time at nt which a gambler gamb gamb- ler her pro prognosticates cates the rain will descend de de- de- de The means of settling the question ques ques- tion whether it does rain or not are arc or of simple description There are me two cla classes c of rain gauges ono one one Is a long gutter guttel running along the eaves of the house or 01 building building- at it one en end there I Is a small hole to which a spout pout Is fR fixed an and through this narrow aperture the thit water trickles trick trick- le los les when n the rain raim only falls In lii the form orm of a n slight drizzle but when It rains rain In earnest earnst the rush of water Is not able to in escape ap through the small spout poul io so 0 nils Illis up the gutter glitter and CIril pours 0 over ver 1 tilt the end and 1111 It Is I-I on this l desired desir ed Id event hape that mo most t of oC the bets ets are usually booked The other method is a rough kind of rain gauge supported on posts some seven fet feet high ugh an and amid standing In the middle of a aro ro U eh When ten h heavy y a clouds gather overhead o an and appear to be bc merely in doubt as asto asto asto to whether to break and pour de wn rain or to pct pa pass s on to some other dis dia- district ls- ls triet then the scenes cenes In the gambling dens ns reach an Intense stage of excitement excitement excite excite- ment as the gamblers amblers rush in to book their bets that bets that Is Is If the police pollee dont don't Interfere Many are the anxious faces which gaze up into the sky for like 0 a Derby Ua day In England some ome have staked slake their all nIl and comparative fortune fortune fortune for for- tune or total lo loss s and despair depends on the clou clouds s above Rich or merchants soldiers and clerks JIs all elas classes es ll risk k their money In the hope hOlH of oC Increasing It II It with the consequence that mall many are e ruined d. d As In other countries s with some th the passion lon for tor or gambling is so 0 strong within them that It Is 15 a species of madness an and they hesitate not In the Intensity It of their keenness to In Indulge their propensity pro pro- with mone money that Is not their own and many are sent to prison for losing other peoples people's mone money to the tho sutta utta bookmakers Another somewhat uncommon form formic Of ic r gambling takes more after the na- na tute luW tute of cock II fighting Insomuch that itis It ItIs ItIs Is betting on the 1 lighting fighting po powers r of c certain birds The particular Kind ofa or ot cC a varlet varies In n some lome m measure 1 according accord accord- ing Int in to the part purt of or India which a ai ate t e larger T than a are found toun on the lower slopes of oC the mountains and ur ure game to the extent of or keen lighting fighting and the tho cock cuck birds are frequently frequently frequently fre fre- pitted plUe against a each cach other Partridges arc more general than n many being so cleverly trained trained train train- ed cd that they are arc expert and anda a group of natives ma may be seen squatting squatting squat squat- ting In a ring and betting belling to the amount of or their mone money on the bird they r respectively favor Quails Qualls however are ale probably more extensively h used for these t 1 S bird fights partly because at certain seasons the they are arC found round all over In India la and more mort specially because there Is no bird o otheir or if their size more game ganie for a n light ht When lIen properly trained for fUl the ring or pit they give what the experienced sporting gamblers gambler's to be a mos most display of bird fighting righting and a staying power which I Is frequently battle game ame enough unto death In Quails Qualls are arc so o pugnacious that those which have ha been IJen netted In the corn cornfields t folds fields and artS are to b be le reserved er ed for Cor use at nl table have hayl to be he kept In specially prepared quail pits until needed neede the chief essential being that the birds to see ee must mut not have light each other or 01 the they would light until but one cock bird was wa left alive A couple of natives ipuy accidentally accidentally en- en tally meet on the road possibly noone no noone noone one else in gl sight ht They exchange e a afew afew afew few words wOId then squat on their haunches opposite each ench other and antI their hands simultaneously grope about in the tIu Col folds s of their wl whence mcc they will each produce a quail which will vill be he placed on the ground and the birds will promptly prompt begin to ton n tight light ht while their owners will bet on the thc re result If H other natives should happen to come along they will vill squat squal to watch an and also bet If they have an any mone money Then rhemi when whom the n fight ht and excitement ex ox- x- x are over o they will settle their accounts and quietly go their respective respect respect- lye ive wa ways |