The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-05
THE NEWEST GAME OF CARDS
WASHINGTON PLAYERS ARE NOW
DEyOTEEs OF "yOLO.r
n =. STA n Pat Poker in the shade
and II . Contribution From the
New states Of the Far Northwest
10 the Gayety Of Nations.

A new game Of cards has come out OF
the West. II Is a rapid. dashing game,
giving to its devotees good run Tor their
money Wherever il has been introduced
In the East it has caught the lovers OK
cards. Even poker. with It's 1ascinatihs
jack pots and the mysteries of the draw,
becomes insipid after one has tasted the
deiirious joys of solo. as the Western
stranger is known. and as for whist.
hearts, casino, seven UP and euchre. their
existence Is forgotten.
A fierce "cut-throat' game Is solo. The
game came East when the new states OF
the Dakotas. Montana, Washington and
Idaho were admitted into the Union, and
may fairly be termed the contribution OF
this new brood OF communities 70 the gay
ETY. OF nations.
Fred Dubois the handsome young sena-
tor from Idaho, and Gov. Shoup. his stall
wart senior colleague, were both given to
the game. So. too, were Tom Carter ana
Lee Mantle, the second crop of Montana
senator's Lank Frank Pettigrew OF South
Dakota is an adept at 1t. while Hans
brough. OF North Dakota, dallies with 1t.
Frank Cannon. Utah's native-born sena-
tor. WAS fairly brought up on 1t.
How the Game Ii Played.
What is solo? 1t is card game played
with pack of thirty-six cards. all below
six being thrown out. The cards rank as
follows: Ace, ten, king, queen, jack, nine.
eight. seven, and six. The suits are or
equal rank. excepting that where two
proposals or bids for solos are made that
in hearts, If any such be made, takes pre-
cedence; otherwise the first one made has
the preference.
The counting cards of each suit are as
follows: Ace. IL; ten, 10; king. 4: queen. 8;
jack, 2. The rest Of the cards have no
counting value. The total possible count
In each game is therefore 100, reckoned As
follows: Four aces, A; four tens. 70; four
kings. 16: four queens. u; and four
jacks s.
That game is played by three persons.
If there are four at the table the dealer
gives himself no hand. but shares the for
tunes OF the two players opposed to the
single player. II there are five or more at
the table the dealer gives cards only to
the three on the left. Those not receiv-
ing cards share the fortunes Of the two
players opposed to the one player. There
are always three active players In solo,
and two Of them are always opposed to
the third.
ssFrawg'' and "to Solo,
Solo is played for SO much a point. the
single player winning or losing to each of
the others at the table. A cent a point
foots up pretty well each time, and makes
a game good enough for social purposes.
A dollar point would require returned
Klondikers for players. while $40 point
would make the financial magnates of
the world dizzy in three rounds.
The cards are dealt one at time, as In
whist or poker. each player receiving
eleven. the remaining three being laid
aside and are called the slough cards"
The cards having been dealt. the players,
beginning with the one on the left Of the
dealer, make their bids.
fro t. l.e
be made. When "frawg' bid Is success
full hearts are always trumps. 'frawg'
allows the player to take up the three
slough" cards, incorporate them with his
other cards. discarding three to reduce
his hand to an equality with that of the
others. He Is entitled to add the value
Of these discarded cards In counting his
game at the end Of the hand
ITO solo, is to propose a higher game
!, than to ''frawy." for the one who solos"
Is not permitted the assistance of the
slough" cards. He 49, however allowed
to count them in reckoning the number of
points he has made after the hands are
played
Must Make sixty to Win.
Whether the player "frawgs' or solos"
either in hearts or any other suit. he must
make better than sixty TO be entitled to be
paid by his cut-throat adversaries. In the
case of successful frawg he is paid by
each OF his adversaries one chip or coun-
ter for each point in excess of sixty that
he has made In playing his hand, in addi-
tion To the points in the slough cards
In like manner, If he fails to make sixty
points. including the slough cards he is
compelled to pay one chip or counter to
each of his adversares for each point he
falls below sixty. II must be remembered
that those sitting in the game. hut not re-
ceiving cards, pay or are paid with the OPP
ponents OF the single player.