Part 29

Whist, a serious affair, 118, 119, 121

White's Club, becomes a gambling centre, 104; main supporters of, 105; coat of arms, 106, 107; old betting-book, 107 _et seq._; hazard allowed, but faro barred, 110; gambling given up, 110; fossilised members, 110; present condition, 111

Wiesbaden, croupiers at, 290; the Kursaal, 290; players at, 291; an eccentric countess at, 291, 292; two strange players, 292; close of tables at, 293; effects of the closing on the town, 295; the last of the gamblers, 295, 296

Wilberforce, caught playing faro, 138

Wilde, Mr., his remarkable ride, 217, 218

Will, a gamester's, 78

William III., a patron of racing, 389

Williams, George, 106

Williamson, Major, 67

Wind, a bet about the, 224

Windsor, Mother, 45

Windsor Forest, outrangership of, 195 _n._

Wine _v._ water, 229, 230

Wolfe, Colonel, his answer to Duke of Cumberland, 390

Women and freak races, 205; as gamesters, 269, 359, 360

Wontner, Mr. St. John, and Park Club, 124

Wortley, Lady Mary, 39

Wren, Sir Christopher, and Charles II., 387

Wright of Long Acre, 213

Yarmouth, Lord, 421

Zeno, M. le Chevalier, Venetian ambassador, 248

Zoffany, court painter to Nawab of Oude, 187; paints caricature of the Nawab, 187; his narrow escape, 188, 189; a favourite of royalty, 194; his pictures, 194

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