"TWO-UP" IN THE PARK.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CVI, Issue 12585, 21 August 1901, Page 5

"TWO-UP" IN THE PARK.

RAIDING A GAMBLING SCHOOL. A large'number of undesirable characters .■wer& attracted to ' Ohiustebmxfli .during Grand National week, and'a good many of them still remain here. As these gentry appear to find tint© !hang rather'heavily on their hands in i&e absence,-of the excitement of race meetings, they endeavour to find aniusemenfc in. the intellectual game' of "two Sip-." As, however, this amusement is an unlawful one, th«y generally chocs© some open spot 'oultsLdis .the town, where they . can' play without tire Chance of being interfered with by the police, and sentries are posted to give warming of tie approach of uhe representatives of law and order. Complaints 'have been made that the latest resort of-this school was dn the North: Park, and that the men gathered there in considerable numbers,, to play. Yesterday afternoon Chief Detective Obrystall, with some of 'his- men, posted l themselves in a clump of trees, and for & time watched the game from: a distance, being too far off to. enable them to identify the actual players. After waiting for some time, and finding an opportune moment when the play- was concentrating the attention of. the onlookers, the detectives mounted their bicycles, and, headed by their chief, 'bore down upon the school and dashed: into the midst of the players, who immediately scattered in all directions', leaving the implements of the game behind them. Although the 'ground was very rough, some of the fugitives made-very fast time, and the chase round the park was most exciting for a short time. Such good use did tit© culprits make of their legs that they completely ■out-.ma-n<£uvred the representatives of the force on their machines, ami all got away. There were forty-two men in the " two-up " school thus dispersed. ...