SCIENCE vs. LUCK. l6i 



Bull's Corners, and one in which every father of a family was necessarily 

 interested. 



The rest of the story can be told briefly. About daylight the jury came in, and 

 Deacon Job, the foreman, read the following 



VERDICT. 



'f We, the jury in the case of the Commonwealth of Kentucky vs. John Wheeler et 

 al., have carefully considered the points of the case, and tested the merits of the 

 several theories advanced, and do hereby unanimously decide that the game com- 

 monly known as old sledge or seven-up is eminently a game of science and not of 

 ■chance. In demonstration whereof it is hereby and herein stated, iterated, 

 reiterated, set forth, and made manifest that, during the entire night, the " chance " 

 men never won a game or turned a jack, although both feats were common and 

 frequent to the opposition ; and furthermore, in support of this our verdict, we call 

 attention to the significant fact that the " chance " men are all busted, and the 

 ■" science " men have got the money. It is the deliberate opinion of this jury, that 

 the " chance " theory concerning seven-up is a pernicious doctrine, and calculated 

 to inflict untold suffering and pecuniary loss upon any community that takes stock 

 in it. 



" That is the way that seven-up came to be set apart and particularized in the 

 statute-books of Kentucky as being a game not of chance but of science, and 



therefore not punishable under the law," said Mr. K . " That verdict is of 



Tecord, and holds good to this day." 



