The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-09-12
a S TO CHEAT AT
GAME OF BRIDGE WHIST

ssay US a writer in the l2aiIy Mail who
asigiis himself Am Expert Gard Player"
III is painfully easy to cheat at ii. One
Us entirely az the mercy of an un-t
~Acruplous opponent. tsM The man vino
Is SO minded cam. By 1in1iiir means.
secure advantages For hia side which
$lle skill of the finest players in the
world would fail to coalnterbalaDce. /
do not say chat cheating Isl at all COM
mon at the Bridge fable ar that bridge
players yield more readily TO terapta-
zion than other peo2ie-kseither suppo-
s1tion Is borne out by rgEy own expert
ence-but liz is possible 10 play The
game unfairly. and of coarse there are
plack sheep in every nccA-
Now. there are divers mays in which
n man may cheat at bridge If he
ioleasea. I'm che first place. if he is the
possesor OF sufficient fafsxert3elnain he
ma fake che cards. dealing himself
and his partner better I'm HIS than their
opponents BRt this form of cheating
IS not easy and would only b. practiced
by n common swindler. ss~oreover, it
may safely be asserted tAat anyone
who faxed cards at bridge or any other
game weuftS be found out sooner or
later. Cheats of tfaiS kind are OBJ
served to- win habitualIy. are watched
and detection follows as II matter of
course. After that ther card playing
da ys arc over.
Again. IL Is very YY1nesn harder to
$50 49, -A1o sNf-h kb&N~t & "a = SLI =
To be one er two S,~s1looYseS&. than in a
private house or ROOMS. where there
may be none. Under abe hitter condi-
lions marked cards may ss. introduced
with far less difficulty. ar a carefully
selected party of ooA xnay have
-ongregated by arrangement Ia pluck
one confldfag pigeon This sort of
thing has probably beer done times
without rUrabsr, but ssg.as does tlot hear
pf it. The pluckea ore as n rule pays.
up. half staspectinS that nc has beer
DONE perhaps and hffSs@s his discorn-
attre from his friends Fsut in a club
uniesS 1T be- an e1trsrrsafy e~,isreputable
one-3t may tie taken fog granted that
40 taInpeEi1S with the Implements of
the game fs possible. and thu. company
cannot BIZ selected M6HE@GVsS. 1t is very
unlikely that n player wf.sn would resort
to these methods cogSd s.sysr obtain aid
mission. far a man f,1v7Ff have sunk
pretty low before he t,Irtas his hand 10
this sort Of business
How ts III possible tn awindle In a.
club Them the reader Will ask. 'or in
q private mouse OF IL respectable char
tncfer?" The answer ia- I'm. n variety OF
ways.
TIE simplest, perhaps, rs no look over
your opponents haneks. ssasa what cards
Shcy hold ard nnesse eycersrsaingIy This
as easiest thing i'm the world. and
tsSs,1s. players do 1t hshftxsa1iy-or at
,Setst they hAvt. acquired This nHfortu-
mate reputzEsanl, Umtg Esrv ,yyea thy to be
p-fied tf teTsy do not deserSx. 1t. why,
there WAS 81 member eq n e.srd cluh T
wrote of who went by ahes name OF
Peepfng Torn or, account OF Shss pro-
lpes,stty- Eeople naturally avoided his
Vaec1ety as snsac4l az thev could. and
when onIis,c TO plap wszt. ysinn held their
cards closely packed tna.rher, with on
1y the Indicators showing, after the
s:s1a.ton of an expsre poker nIayer on
mn AtIanffc diner.
But q aurasur and s,,s,Y,. r,,,.v1fen4
Germ of uurairness conssiafx in swing
Indications as IL. he contents
xr the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ychfch If acted
ur0ya by thN nlayer,s uartrer cannot
TO prefsSdace the sss.ay vide r. "a
rusinr rnther "a MaY-nl, fa~rys r,s.r,,,ns ~
call this creating. h,,f M IL ,.i,a., t;ne
II it Ii done deliberately .Sr,a the nm.
rsxayie u-ncsynscIouely aIIs,rr fS,nssif TO hs
by Information, tron y,1yed In This
sxnari1eT, and SO hcSsssrse. 2ss iinnocenf>
eScnfederate of tn. -.Parae-
It the Dealer hesirarex - y.syssr tir,a ha.
Fore passing the decrarariors AND s.vhan
he at Aat does go d,srssyr.y yl.fy., ras
ro truraps or hearts, ON All shs,,rdiv
ypea k hand. you n1ay be ssrrys tssat there
both uf ys,ar opnnrrcner ,ana 4.hn,inr
.yuu on" and YOU Fsad yssfss-r raf,,aa te
spfay with them next tIr,,e thew ash
s.You, being polite but f1xnp ga yoI,, re-
1t Is. 4 know. a gerry urrat.ant thir,
to say. bat ssze ladies' are rsr,s. fer orrar.
2iers than the men In rhE. rrsafter. Ex-
cs,sssGa&ly as they have Icurx.c,i 10 NAV
bridge during the last vsar or SO. there
tare onA or two ffttie points Of etiuuette
which they alabitunIIy fxrrrYrs n 10 IN.
1nir, for Instance, for the sasss8er's part
wer. on hooking through her hand. sud
SenIy to hE1ghteu uDr AMI ank eagerly,
who dealt Ie she has xr1slIy ~fcrrotten,
eyho dealt, ana chInlEx syxg NAV have
Jone 30 herself, she sAauYx wait untiI
!her mer11pEy O. refreshed sssy ONE Of the
other players or unfiI neg PARTNER
.GpeakH- The question W. sxss much Of a
cue for the latter en Easx che call. and
.shonId always be answrseA. With n d.
rKGnxive spade.
Again. tse xaayer w1aa when a trnnrp
has been Declared IsssSesf mt the score.
6GfOrc nshing IL he EsszsS ixskay. cor before.
giving HIS partner psxxrsSsasis,n to nlay
ms cHse may be. na1rks himself with
- Htr0nE xszSs 90 Vrun7se- The player
who pauzsS FerSerfInE Nexore Follow