Fortune in Two Hours.
MR. TIUNTLY WALKER BREAKS TJHD3 BA/NK AT MONTE CARLO. Mr. Huntley Walker, the wel-known Bw;in,c; n:o!t onist tand (bolder oif several world's Tfcc-ords for speed, giresident of the Blackpool Automobile C9tiH>, (holder ol large interests in the Anglo-French. Dar*
rack Motor Company, and cofc ton lord, " broke the bank." at Monte Ca.r)o rexjenrtfly, 1*41611 lie won £L2,COO in ■ little over two hours' play- Tfafe caused one of itflne taibles to suspend operations foi a few minutes, in order that its coffer*, contents bad poured into Mr. Walker's tpos&ete, roigkt be replenisbadMr. Walker's luck begka tfcie naghi befoni this oc-Jip, for on takt evening he won £6OOO at the tables. The little fortune of £IS,OOO rcipreaeoti Mr. Waifker's first win, lie mid (enftwviewed a* he -was leavting I>y road foe Pairs!. For fifteen yetrs he lsad pltoyod at Monte Carlo, but aJwayn lost. Indeed, h* added, " had T -won twice as nm-ds the bank wtflild still Sie indebted to me !" (Has Rtoness was JmraonsVly popnlar. " There ar, nots)ing very naunr albout the run of ftucik," said a ObmLdo official, "for any om> pss virus in maximums, as Mr. Walker always doss, nra*>i Tery qiucldy wtJier win osr lose a large cjnotrat," 1 Mr. Walker's b.iA play and im succmcauscid oonKideiuble excitement m £h* Ovsino rooms. Last Jszv.vuty, fourteen ei Mr. W&iker'a ears were destroyed by k fire «t 3t4s honse. Pwk-hiirst (Mead, Kriyea, when t<he ixA sd dwnaeo dona uaouaUj U
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2211, 5 September 1910, Page 2
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244Fortune in Two Hours. Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2211, 5 September 1910, Page 2
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