The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-03-17
THE GAME OF "HOP."
A New Short Card Game That Has Taken
Paris and London by Storm.

People of Paris who gamble are de-
voting all of their spare time to a new
game that has supplanted all of the
other games played for money.
The new game is called "hop," and
it is described as being the most fas-
cinating game that has ever been
played-not even excepting the allur-
ing game Of poker.
Paris is so infatuated with chop"
that millions of francs are lost and
won at it every night.
The game of shop" has been intro
duced into the clubs of London, and
it is being played there with a zeal
worthy of better cause. So far as
known the game has not as yet been
attempted In the United States, but
it is only q matter of time when it
will become as popular there as in
Paris and London, for the reason
that it is so enticing that it is impossi-
bic for card players to Withstand its
temptations. All that is required to
render it q go there is to explain the
rules governing the play.
Hop" is an extremely simple game.
Any person of ordinary mental cali
ber can play it if once told how TO
proceed.
Here is a description OF the game:
four persons are necessary to make
up game. Take four decks of cards,
from which throw out all of the cards
below the sevens. That leaves the
aces, kings, queens, jacks, tens, mines,
eights and sevens to play with.
FOUR DECKS IN ONE.
All four of the decks are shuff1ed
together as though they were one deck.
This done, and the cards having been
cut, one person makes the deal, Civ
ing one card at time to the other
players until he has dealt them three
cards apiece, but taking no cards
himself.
After the deal those who have
been supplied with cards look at
their hands and bet or stay out as
their judgement dictates.
The matter of betting having been
settled, the dealer turns a card from
the top of the deck land proceeds to
pay and take, according to the ex-
igencies Of the game.
Losers and winners are detern ined
| thus: If the dealer turns an ace he
makes a sweep, or in other words,
wins all of the bets that are made, re.
gardless of the cards held by the
other players.
If he turns a king, and there are
any kings in the hands out, they
stand off" the dealer. All cards
below the king lose on that hand or
deal, All aces out win.
1t is merely this: The persons to
whom the cards are dealt take
chances, after looking at their cards
and before seeing the turn up, of the
cards being either higher in denomi
nation than the card that will be
turned up or as high,
| The ace is the dealers percentage
A king or q seven will stand off &
king or a seven, and there is nothing
lost nor won on such stand off, but
nothing will stand off an ace when
turned by a dealer. Even if there
are three aces in q hand against a
dealer, he wins if he turns an ace.
When the cards nave all been dealt
by one dealer he passes them to the
player on his left, and they are shut
fed and dealt by that person until
they are again exhausted, and so on
as long as the game lasts. They are
not shuffled between the hands as in
poker or euchre, but after each hand
is played the cards employed i'll that
hand are thrown aside, not to be
used until another grand shuttle has
been made.
A limit is placed on bets to be
made, which is determined, of course
by the purse of the players.