Ka Leo o ka Lahui, Volume II, Number 212, 10 June 1891 — A ROYAL DEFEAT. [ARTICLE]

A ROYAL DEFEAT.

Gambling seems be a gen«ral weakness of royalty and nobility. The latest scandal in gambiing is the game of "baccarat," in whieh Brittania's future king figures as the Banker in the game,and Lords, knights and iadies are players. Sir W. G. Cummings, appears as plairitiff in a case of libel, againrst others who were engaged in the game v (Lihel seeros to be a eommon grievance now a dayß>); and his roj r al highness as a princisal witness; the trial taking plaee before Chief Justice Coleridge. Our sports have not reached bevond the ordinary u poker." However, the losses figure up very considerably in either game, and no doubt, a considerable slight of hand or partnership business was conducted in the game here, when our poor and generous hearted Kalakaua R. was the "banker." Royal gaiablers are supposed to lose, and they generally do, and some of our wealthy young bloods would be far more independent to-day iu means if they do not try to imitate royalty in this respect.