224-31, 233
Walpole, Horace, on Mr. Damer's death, 70;
and White's coat of arms, 106;
on Parisian gaming-houses, 239
Warburton, Sir P., 195
Ward, Mr., 20
Warthall Hall, 33
Waterloo, revival of gaming after, 111, 112
Wattier's Club, a gambling resort, 121;
its proprietor, 122;
frequented by Byron and Beau Brummell, 122
Waugh, Captain, and the goose, 192
Weare, 88
Wellington, not a player, 11;
a member of Crockford's, 11;
and Mr. Adolphus, 11
Whalley, Thomas (Jerusalem Whalley), jumps a carrier's cart, 214;
his extravagance, 215;
Jerusalem and back, 216;
publishes _Memoirs_, 217
Wharton, Mr., 195
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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