The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31
SCHOOL ron CARD pLArEKs.


players at once. two more are likely to 20 out at
the same time. and then there arise disputes az to
who wins.
PLAYED T. Z an H. pegging two holes for the fifteen.
Q played e pegg ng a run OF thiree; and then a
three and thirty one. The others dispute the run.
Ais entitled to the run because the cards that
complete II are oil found before reach the dupli
cate I. which was the first lard played.
j. J. says: In tour.haudcd game A starts with =
2. plays an and ca poSNnI three holes for
nv i. u' IT, and nunn,ncea another min ~
three, which IL disputed.
Thcre must he some mistake in this because II
cannot be 30 for while the points are only ii.
J. T. q. pays: A and play their cards IN the fol.
lowing order: !. 4 =, q: O. says go. and plays
he was entitled to a double run OF -four. "r eight
holes, and that the second & made him another
il Gcs there was no double run with the Hrst 3; no
run at all with the second 3. but only a pair and
thrty.une.
u Is right. Sequences made in play arc always
single. and whom a duplicate card is encountered
before q run II complete the run cannot be pczged
AS proper pcGgng IL four holes for the first o. and
four holes for tho second; eight points instead OF
nineteen.
r. ". says; and are playing. and when the
Ssh 'ags no, a.soNsr unit he hns
peSeed tho go and played another card what Ia
The penalty
Ais entitled to ponslty OF two points, and may, II
he choose. take back the car s'to tho point whero
the occurred and have them rlayed over again
n putting down his g. The same penalty can be
enforced against player who IL told TO go and pegs
II when he can still play himself.
W NJ and J. c.. Flushing. l.. l., and y. e., Chicago
ask whether aces or s,Nes are HIGH In poker dice.
In the Fast aces high, in the West. sizes. As
the matter Ia largely Of house rules tho custom
should bn ascertainei In advance.
Pedro. T. FK..J /. Nice. and others; A and b arc
playing twcn Gns pG,n,t up ss ss nTs naG
to BIS low and game. WHO wins?
The successful bidder goes out 1rst.
Auction Pitch. n. b. NJ. j. s. T. and cthsrsi In a
three. bid hire" aud pitched the trump. A Eettilg
uainS although il showed that he could make his
three points with high. low. game. Who wins'
d wins, because ho made as many % he bid. and
~ was enough t, put him out. II II were not for
thi, rule. II would be worry easy for player with .
good lead to sit still and sweat out"
Erchre. Q. T; asks which {. the higher card in
cutting TO- the deal ace or iaok1
Neither because is low in cutting and the Jack
ranks between the queen and ten. JackS not the
best cards unl"s' they are trumps and there Is no
trump suit in cutting. O. r. must remember that It
IL the lowest and not the highest card cut that wins
the deal in ouchre.
g. d. q. says; In Afolr.hsndsd partnership game.
played alone and got euchrod. How many points
do his adversaries score. two or fourf
Two points.
HI $. asks ia player can 90 into his pocket TO
raise bet in table stake 8 tino.
No. All he can bet IL tn" amount he had in front
OF him when the cards were dealt
,oHrs a gsyn In sm vim. ATs are SS
for 1t. 4 getting queen and jack. Which wins
The Jack wins. because it Is the lower card.
W ?. saws: In four.hardCd game, railroad euchre,
y one PLAYER asks for ai. psr'gcr's best T. play
partners best AMI play alone against hm'
Certainly. and II the dealer IL tho asked ho
may give his partner the turned trump.
I'M. II. says, In four.handed game. ten points
M esIh tor nim.rt IRE; I1n nnt :, take the Go,,
and ru"hr'i. VII, wine
4, b and cut Cor II or divide It.
Pi,.chlc. Pm :. ,avs, In a two;hana.d came
drlyinc f-om the stuck an n N" value ~ tn" rick
sp,r m S e n cr th a, % bs az ns.a MOI
only draw. hat must WIN another trick
Hi'wronG Icis thinning 81 tn" thrc, anil four.
handed game. IN which no mclds are scored until
tue side making them win, a t-rs after making
arc made FIRST, vhilo IN the tw r.hanici game tho
trick mus; lie won arst and then any mcld in the
hand Il good.
+ s. SAVE; In n two.har'ol cnme in which u Il
agreed Wat ihc count shall n" Nv trrs all ovor Ave
A. the mi ~ Ne ,i.si Is ha.i4e Is Il" out, "''Se"
Certainly. Th"Tc Is q . reason why the custom OF
rcckon.ns equal to ten should be dropped on 'ho
los trick when It is arrorh to count rirocAlc
scores by tens It Is usualr the custom to drop all
tho counts Tor EiHEs queens and IA Ks and 10 rec
the n worth ten only. This makes 10 points
In tho hris !ue-. inrludin, the last trick whereas
when the Giurs. queens and Jacks counted and
tn" aces are eleven the brlsGues and last trirk
worth $50. Nv tho former method there are no
partS OF ten 10 and all trouble ia saved hut
IL not 80 scientific game As tho other, because II
quite task to keep mental count ~ the points
taken in kings. queens and ia'kS.
u '. saws: In n two.handod game wants ten
oints AID turns dix. He claims game without play.
s"or" tho turned dix.
nis wronc In tho two.handed game the turned
ak Is scored Immediately. In the three and four.
handed games the side turning It must win trick.
". A. n. says; In = four.handod game wins a
trcs anil ,r-ns I, down. Yask, to see e. hut say.
take.
ANY player al the tnbls Is entitled to see tho last
thick turned and quilted
W. II. T snys: Toward the end Of tho hand A
locke through the tricks he Ind taken in Il said
he had no right TO count his points In that manner.
hicplic mat h" was not counting hut looking to
see whether the a"c ~ spades Ind been played or
MT. is there no penalty for tht,'
ANY play cr looking at ANYTHING bu tho last trick
turned ANIL quilted loses his entire count for cards.
AMI IAN score nothing hut his meds on tina. deal
ia. A. asks IL pnvcr can score any other meld
At che ra'nc tim" that hs riolds dix,
Not In the wo'handed game.
H. g, p, +, VI. ard othors. In n two.hRr cd game
has tnclh'l mRrriaG" in spades. After winning
another trick he Laws down ~" seven other queens
md ola ms 900. bets the score & lost because the
oight Queens were not put down together.
sNrpnc, Marriages and fours arc not in tho
same class OF molds and therefore either may 10
scored hrst. A mi :ht have lad down three more
queens, scoring ITO, and after winning another trick
laid down the other four. tcoring COO. ~ he had
time getting $40 for tho oght queens which is what
they arc worth in the three or four.hanG,d game.
J, IT, 7. saws: Dur ng q game ~ ninochls A bet
that he would not hold fOur trumpS trny tho next
denl, u took the bet and Turmoil ont to havo Ave
trumps, which he says wins, a. 1t IL not four.
Ais luihbing and u wins, Such bets must always
be construed to mean that the ray,r will not get rs