WINNINGS AT MONTE CARLO.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 5288, 28 May 1904, Page 7

WINNINGS AT MONTE CARLO.

(From Our Own Correspondent’.) LONDON, April 23. Tho remarkable achievement ol Dd Vriders, sen and heir (A Lord Je. b * >/ |'V erstwhile Governor nt nf south m winning some -£30,000 at Monlo Carlo, has I,ecu easily eclipsed by an American named Goloucl ilarrison-Power, «h«h acording to a voracious A mill kOoSip has depicted tlio Casino treasury to Air tmio of .£70,000. In strict accordance with the hibical precedent U «>» * of ‘to him that hath, lor the Colonel is alleged to bo the “immensely wealthy owner of mines in Alaska and Mexico ami tho proud proprietor of gushing oil wells in Texas. Favoured by fortune. Colonel Tower was, alter his first day at the tables, a celebrity, and on his departure at tho end of a. record-breaking f i-tnijjht he was a sensation. Axis first clay's play—which lasted loss thau au hour—brought him iu L33W). Bach succeeding day had a similar story to tell; hut tho great day—tho day on which Colonel rower's lido of hick reached its flood—wan a Friday, a veritable ‘Black Friday” in the history of tho tnsutfJ. After" winning a few thousand francs at rouietto by wav 'of testing his Jack. CcJonel Bower ami his parly adjourned to the trente-ct-q uurantft tables in the room opened this year, Nino times hi succession emufl miir ami couleur, and euc.i time Coined Power had staked the maximum of JNS'J on each. Jalevcii nines in succession Anvers won and each time Uoloncd Power staked maximuma on Anvers. AVhcn ho stopped at the end of an hour no had won Lord Vifpors over JjILOOO, and sundry other gamesters a few thousands each. Tlio h>tul loss sufTored by the Casino was nearly ccoG,OOU, All previous siuyle-day records were beaten. Put fortune is a tickle jade. “.I think my luck has run out,” Colonel Power was heard to remark one night: when his success had been small. The officials rubbed their hands antiVipatingly, and one ventured to reply, ‘‘L ow for tho Casino’s him !” but the very next day tho Colonel made tracks for Lngland taking with him his fortnight’s winnings.