Davis, Scrope, 228, 229 Dayrolle, Mr., 108 Death, as a subject for wagers, 105, 209; a duel with, 157 Decency, sense of, lost by gamblers, 158 Deer, used in place of carriage-horses, 206 Delessert, M., the means of closing Parisian gaming-houses, 272 Demidoff, Madame, robbed by a countess, 269 Dennisthorpe, Mr., 195 Derby, Lord, a patron of cock-fighting, 195, 200 Desmarest, French minister, 240 Desmoulins, Camille, 256 "Devil's Drawing-room," the, 257 Devonshire, Duchess of, 59; and "Old Nick," 60; scandal about, 60-62 Devonshire, Duke of, and Fox, 28 Devonshire Club, formerly Crockford's, 97 Dickinson, old Jack, an honest tipster, 377, 378 "Dispatches," 78 Dorchester, Lord, 70 Doulah, Asoph ud, Nawab of Oude, his sword practice, 187; his barber's aerial punishment, 190; his love of cock-fighting, 193 Drummond and Greville, Messrs., open a betting-house, 99 Dwyer, cigar-shop and betting-house keeper, 101; bolts with large sum, 102 Earl, William, 91; his "Athenæum" swindle, 92; transported, 93 Eclipse, the greatest horse of all time, 391-4 Edgecumbe, Dick, 106 Égalité, Philippe, a royal shop-man, 255; a follower of the Turf, 418 Elwes, Mr., 13; succeeds to a fortune, 14; a gambler at heart, 14; quixotic, 14; a member of Arthur's, 15; plays for two days and nights, 15; his avarice, 15, 16; and Lord Abingdon, 16; and the clergyman, 16, 17; elected to Parliament, 17; his admiration for Pitt, 17; his last bout, 18 Elwes, Sir Harvey, a miser, 13 _Émigrés_, 45; passion for gaming among, 49 _et seq._; a cause of irritation, 54 Ems, a gambling resort, 310; a Spaniard's method at, 310; Russians at, 311 England, Dick, and the young tradesman, 68, 69; and Mr. Damer, 69-72; shoots Rolles, a young brewer, 73; flies to the Continent, 73; ends his days in London, 73 English, Buck, tried for murder, 217; member of Parliament, 217; his death, 217 English view of gambling, 163; and Sunday racing, 425, 426 Entragues, d', and Casanova, 21-24 E.O., fraudulent, 47; method of play, 55 Estates lost at play, 33 Este, Cardinal d', and the Cardinal de Medici, 238 "Excessive" gambling, definition of, 126 Execution, betting at an, 209 Exeter Mail beaten by a pony, 226 Existence, a strange, 267 Faro, invented by a Venetian, 52; introduced into France, 52; prohibited in France, 53; finds its way to England, 53; Fox's favourite game, 53; method of play, 53; crusade against, 57 Fawkener, Sir Everard, 106 Female assistants to sharpers, 95 Fénelon, M. de, his match with Duc de Lauzun, 419 Fenwick, Mr., 195