The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-08-09
line new LAWS or WHIST
\ Congress Of the Whist League Has
Simpliied Them Very
Much.
The Exposed Cards are Clearly
Defined In the Improved
Rules.
looking at h Last Three Tricks While
Play II On u No Longer
III Allowed.

The revised code Of whist laws adopted
t the Whist congress in New York j. -
UIbllows:
~ /. A game consists Of ssven points, each
rick above six counting me-. Tbs vAlue Of
[glhe game il determined BY dedaeting tho
IPser's scors from seven.
N 2. Those first in tho room have the pref
Fence. II by reason Of two or more arriv-
IhQ At tho sams time more than four assem-
10 the preference among the last corners Ia
determined by outing. = lower cut giving
01he preference over all cutting higher. A
complete table consists of six. The four
" aving the preference play.
3. II two players cut intermediate cards
equal value. they out again, and the
gupwer Of the new cut plays with the original
pwsst.
4. II three players ont cards of equal
Halue they cut again. II the fourth has cnt
1tne highest card the lowest two Of the new
Iut are partners. II tho fourth has cut
he lowest GARD be deals, and the highest
wo OF the new out arc partners.
s. At tbs end Of the game, If there are
more than four belonging to the table, =
luticient number Of ths players retire to
Idmit those awaiting their turn to play.
An determining which players remain in,
dhose who have played q less number eof
consecutive games have the preference over
III who have played a greater number; be-
tween two or more who have PLAYED an
$qnal number the preference 10 determined
EEpy outing, a lower cut giving the prefer
Sbnce over all cutting higher.
6. To entitle one to enter . table he must
heclars his intention to do SO before any
pne Of the players has cut for the purpose of
commencing q new game or OF cutting out.
z. In cutting the ace is the lowest card.
All must cut from the same pack, and If the
player expose more than one card he must
,ut again. Drawing cards from the out
spread pack may be resorted to in place of
s. Before every deal the cards must be
asaler's partner must collect aud shuttle the
cards for the ensuing deal and place them
ht his right hand. In all GASES the dealer
may shuttle last. 1>
8. The pack must not be shuffied during
the play Of the hand, nor 80 as to expose the
face of any card ~. =
10. Tho dealer must present the pack to
his rlght-hand adversary to be outs the ad-
~versary must take 4 portion from the top
nf the pack and place il toward the center
pt the table. At least four cards must be
left in each packet. The dealer must re-
unite the packets by placing the one not re-
moved in cutting upon the other.
IL. If in QUITTING or in reunitin0 the sep
Rrate packets . card il exposed. the pack
must be shuf1ed and cut. II there il any
confusion of the cards OF doubt a. to the
place where the pack was separated there
must be . new cut. @@.-s#E
IL. If the dealer reshufles the cards after
khnv hnuA haAn nFnraFIv ant hA Inun~ him
deal. '''A ''''' - - ''''' LIS
ID. When the pack has been properly cut
and reunited the dealer must distribute the
cards ono at 4 time, in regular rotation, be-
ginning at his left. The last, which is the
trump card, must be turned up before the
dealer. At the end of tho hand, or when
the deal ia lost, the deal passesfto the player
next to the dealer on his left. and so on to
each in turn.
IA. There must be 4 new deal by the
same dealer: \
a. Il any card except the last is faced in
She pack.
~ If during the deal or during the play
OF the hand the pack is proved incorrect or
imperfect; but any prior score made with
that pack shall stand.
Is. If during the deal a card il exposed
the side not at fault may demand a new
deal, provided neither of that side has
touched a card. If q new deal does not
take place the exposed card cannot be
called.
l6. Anyone dealing out of turn or with
his adversaries' cards may be stopped be-
fore the trump card id turned, after which
the deal is valid, and the cards, if changed.
IBo remain. i
II. 1t is a mideal:
(l.) If q dealer omits to have tho pack
cut and his adversaries discover the error
before the trump card is turned and before
looking at any of their cards.
ca If he deals a card incorrectly and
fails to correct the error before dealing an
other.
50 If he counts the cards ON tho table
or in the remainder of the pack.
a. If the pack be imperfect he does not
deal to each player the proper number of
cards, and the error ia discovered before all
have played to the first trick.
(5.) II he plays the trump card face
downward upon his own or any other play
er's cards.
A misdeal loses the deal unless during
the deal either of the adversaries touch the
cards or in any other manner interrupt the
denler.
18. The dealer must leave tho trump
card face upward on the table until 1t il his
the table until after the second trick has
been turned and quilted it becomes an ex-
posed card. After it has been lawfully
taken up it must not be named, and any
player naming 1t Is liable to have his high
est or his lowest trump called. A player
may, however, ask what the trump suit ia.
10. If at any time after oil have PLAYED
to the first trick, the pack being perfect, a
player ia found to have either more or less
than his correct number of cards and his
adversaries have their right number, the
latter, upon the discovery of such surplus
or deficiency, may consult and shall have
the choice:
~ To have u new deal. or
a. 10 have the hand PLAYED out: in
which case the surplus or missing card or
cards are not taken into account. If either
Of the adversaries also has more or less than
his correct number there must be a nav
deal. II any rAayer has a surplus card by
reason of an omission to play to q trick his
Rdversaries can exercise the foregoing
privilege only after he has played 10 the
trick following the n in which such onis.
sion occurred.
x. The following are exposed cards:
a. Every card faced upon the table
otherwise b in the regular course of
play, but not including a card led out of
turn.
(2.) Every card thrown with the one lead
or played to the current trick. 1hs PLAYER
must indicate the one led or played.
CO. Every card so held by q player that
his partner admits that no has seen apv
portion of the face.
a. All the cards in a hand lowered or 10
held by a player that his partner admits
that he has seen it.
90 Every card named by the player
holding it.
q. All exposed cards which are liable to
be called must be left face upward on the