The San Francisco call., 1897-07-18
north and south: the lowest.two east and
DEALING AND M1sDEAL1Ne.

DEALING AND MIsDEALrNG.
(c) The deal is never lost: in case of a misdeal
or of the exposure OF card during the deal, the
cards m ust be reie 1t by the same player.
THE TRUMP CARD.
Id The trump card must be recorded before the
play begins on a slip provided for that purpose.
When the deal has been played the slip on which
the trump card has been recorded must be placed
face upward by he dealer the top of his cards,
but the trump card must not be again turned D.
til the hands are taken up for the purpose of over
playing them at which time 1t must be t1rned and
left face upward the tray until it is the dealer
turn to play 20 the first trick The slip on which
The trump card is recorded must be turned face
downward as the trump card is taken up
by the dealer. If the trump ca d has been other-
wise recorded such record mus; be also turned
down. The dealer must leave he trump caro- face
upward the trav until it is his turn to play to
the first trick when 1t should be taken into his
hand
If is not taken into the hand until after he
sec ond trick has been turned and quilted IL is
liable to be called.
After il has been lawfully taken up 1t must not
be named and any player thereafter naming IT, or
looking at the trum slip, or her record of the
trump, Is liable to have hi highest or lowest
trump called by his right-hand adversary at any
time during the play of that deal, before such ad-
yersary has played TO any current trick, or oefore
The reCed1ug trlCk Is turneu anu QulIteu III SaoO
it is the offe nder's turn to lead The call may be
repeated until the is play ed but it cannot be
changed.
IRREGULARITIES IN THE HANDS.
(e) If a player is found to have either more or
less than his number of cards the course to
be pursued is determined by the Time al Wnlch the
irreguarity is discovered
l. Where the lrregui arity is discovered before
or during the original play of hand:
There must be new deal
IT. WHIT re the irregularty is discovered when
the hand is taken for overplay. and before such
everyday has begun:
The hand in which the irregularity is so discov-
cred must be sent back 10 the table from which it
was last received, and the be there rectfed.
Ill Where the irregularity is not discovered
until after the overplay has begun:
In two- able duplicate there must be new deal;
but in a game in which the same hands are played
al more than Two tables, the hanIs must be recti-
fed as above and then passed to the next table
without overplay at the table at which the error
was discovered, in which case, if player had a
deficiency and his adversary the corresponding
surplus each team takes the average for that
deal; if, however, his partner had the correspond
ing surplus, his team is given the lowest
made at any table for that deal.
In the everyday of deal il trump Is turned
other than that recorded the trump slip; in a
game of three or more table, the player at fault
shall be given the low score for th DEAL and in
single or two-table duplicate there must be new
deal.
PLAYING THE CARDS
% Each player when it is his turn to play, must
place his card face upward before him and toward
the center OF the table. and allow it to remain
upon the table in this position until all have
played the trick, when he must turn it over and
place it face downward and nearer to himself
placing each successive card he turns it, on top
of the las card previously turned by him. After
he has played this card, and also after he has
turned it, he must quit by removing his hand.
a IricS is turned and quilted when all four
layers have turned and quilted th cir respective
cards.
The cards must be left in the order in which
recorded.
CLAIMING REVOKE
(g) revoke may be claimed any time before
the last trick OF the deal in which 1t occurs has