The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-31

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49, ..--N 49, A-Nw@g - GNEaHu
s-ttl~d IN Manchester q vhom his ovn
is,hsf vas NJ a. Ear bach - Tho '1cs -
The ia-' century The only impor'an,
point = iifer~nca sve ~ Gams a. Il
vss then played ard as " y played nv
uas thA' The value u no trImp@ uaa ten
t1ins- rar tf~h instead ~ 'uslve and that
the fOH aoss N rms hahd counted ~ above
ih~ line In-'sad n no as ~ present. Also.
the cad q . heart, In answer 20 q doubls
81 NJ trInr- by the Iesder'- partner. which
4. commonly sej 20 have originated
In America ga tba general custom. Ths
short sui, convention had not then been
heard u. Ths, was probably . purely
English convention u later days.
In the year iss a snail pamphlet Wa
printed In London. entitled 'Biritoh. or Rus
sian Whist There l. aid 20 he only one
copy Of this pamphlet In existence, and
that Ia In the library % tbs British Museum.
Il gives a very ~sttsnuated description Of
the game. with the method Of scoring and
Q few laws a. 10 declaring. passing tbs
declaration. 4c.; hut again We are without
availabls information a. TO who framed
these laws. or by whose authority they
were published AZ the game Is there de-
scribed, the most valuable declaration
corresponding to our present call OF nc
trumps,' was -biritch,' or playing without
trumpe, and the value Of his call was agar
ten points per trick instead Of twelve, and
also -four aces in one hand counted 30, not
100. The winners Of the rubber added VI
points 70 their score. instead Of 100 points
as in our present game. and this extra scort
was called Consolation
There can be no doubt that he score fol
no trumps ought to be 10 points per tricl
and not IL. as that is following the regular
upward sequence Of the suit declarations
2. 4, Q, s, 10, and also. IL the value Of th'
tricks at no trumps Is to be IL points, why
should the honor score for aces not be alsc
II points instead Of l0f When or why, o.
how or by whom the change was made Il
quite unknown. When the game was frs
introduced at the Portland Club we were
certainly told that the value Of no trump'
was IL points per trick, and the error.
error It was. must somehow have crept Ii
accidentally.