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House of Good Luck At Saratoga Reimagines A Gambling Palace
The piece chronicles the transformation of the Monte Carlo of America at Saratoga into the House of Good Luck under Mrs. Alexander Thackara Jr. and recalls the lineage from John Mortlesey to Richard Canfield the prince of gamblers. It notes Canfield’s dignified, gentlemanly approach, his love of art, and the palace’s storied, shadowed gambling history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mil- Hong
Thance
Terpsichore
Saratoga
Monte Carlo
America
John Mortlesey
Charley” Reid
Cale” Mitchell
Chance
Richard Canfield
Crté
Canfield
Alexander Thackara, Jr
Palace of Chance
Balzac
China
Spa
New York