Ancre, Maréchal d', the wife of, 10 Anne, Queen, supporter of the Turf, 389 Annuities, paid by Brooks's, 116; paid by gamblers as compromise, 171 Antoinette, Marie, 209, 419 Archer, Lady, 56 Ardesoif, Mr., roasts a game-cock to death, 196; his just reward, 196 Arlington, Earl of, 39 Arnold, Mr., his cruel wager, 225 Arthur's, Mr. Elwes a member of, 15 Artois, Comte d', his bet with Marie Antoinette, 209, 210; his conduct on the Turf, 418 Ashburnham, Lord, 39 Ass and chimney-sweep race, 205 "Athenæum," a notorious gaming-house, 89; confused with real Athenæum Club, 93 Atkins, a bookmaker, last authority on hazard, 81 Atkinson, Bartle, a famous trainer, 175 Atkinson, Joseph, 42 Aubrey, Lieut.-Col., his maxim, 157; his distinguished antagonists and associates, 157 Australian story, an, 159-63 Author, a lucky, and his method of speculation, 164-6 Avarice combined with passion for play, 13 Baccarat, decision _re_, 129, 130; single tableau, 313, 317, 318 "Bad houses, beware of," 43 Baden, ex-Elector of Hesse gambles at, 287; M. de la Charme at, 287, 288; society at, 288, 289; croupiers at, 289, 290 Bagatelle, the building of, 209, 210 Baggs, Major, his luck at hazard, 82; his adventures abroad, 83; and Lord Onslow, 83; a skilful swordsman, and man of culture, 83; his generosity, 84; wins from the King, 84; falls a victim to gaming, 84 Baily, Mr., of Rambridge, 145 Barber, the Canterbury, 34-37; an Indian, as balloonist, 190 Barclay, Captain, pedestrian, 232 Barucci, Madame Julia, a card scandal at the house of, 304-7 Basketing, 199 Basset, 53 Bassette, 52 Bathing adventure, a, 194 Beauclerk, Topham, 27 Bedford, Duke of, and Nash, 31, 32; horsewhipped, 150 Bellasis, Theophilus, 42 Benazet, M., farmer-general of gaming-houses, 264; proprietor of rooms at Baden-Baden, 286, 287 Bennet, Captain, trundles a hoop, 224, 225 Bentinck, Lord Frederick, beat by Col. Mellish in a foot-race, 170 Bentinck, Lord George, and Lord Kelburne, 382, 383; his large winnings, 383, 384 Bentinck, Rev. Mr., and the Duc de Nivernois, 51, 52 Berkeley, Captain, and his game-cock, 202, 203 Bertie, Lord Robert, 15 Betting-houses started, 99, 100; fraudulent proceedings illustrated, 100; suppressed, 102 Billiards, a one-eyed player, 64 Bingham, Mr., his horse leaps Hyde Park wall, 219 Biribi, method of play, 247 Blackmail, keepers of gaming-houses subject to, 42; at the Palais Royal, 251, 252 Blanc, M., starts gambling-tables at Homburg, 298; plays for a parasol, 301, 302; victim of a stratagem, 302; a croupier's scheme, 303; and Garcia, 303, 304; opens a Casino at Monaco, 319