HIGH FLAT AT MONTE CARLO.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 58, 8 March 1913, Page 17

HIGH FLAT AT MONTE CARLO.

Probably the most-talked-of people in Joi'te Carlo just now are three men—a 'renchman, an Anstrian, and an Englishaan, writes a correspondent the last weak n January. There was an amusing scent t "trente-et-quarante" between the "chef le partie" and the French and Austrian dayers. Both fancied black, and each at his urn end of the table negligently dropped 480 in notes upon the colour of his choice, t is against the* rules for two maximums o be played at once upon the same colour, md in spite of the "chef's" remonstrances, lelther of the players wished to lessen his take At last the Anstrian said: "I insist ipon playing £-.'.BO, and if you won't let mc >ut it on black I'll play It on red." And >ack red he did, and red turned up five imes, with the result that, instead of being mt some £480, he was £2-100 to the good, rhese two have always been very high jlayers, and are more or less accustomed ;o differences of from £8000 to £12,000 a lay.