The sun., 1908-05-24
SCHOOL FOR CARD PLAYERS.


hand and the dealer has passed the make TO dummy
when discovers that the score OF the last deal Is IN
error. 10 II too late TO correct IT.
That depends whether or not IL Is still the same
game. II the IL points made by AS side put them
the rubber. II Is TOO late to correct the error.
game Is not supposed to he concluded until the
trump has been declared for the next deal As the
facts are stated. the dealer has passed the make
hut Il is not stated whether or not dummy has de-
cared II he has not or II the same game Is still In
progress, 1t is not too late to correct the error
Again: na card is on the table and liable to be
called. must II be played that suit s ed OF can tne
actual demand made for the exposed card'
II the exposed card Is not called It need not be
played unless II Is the only card In the hand that
viii not revoke.
q. r, l.. says: leads trump, TO which the
dealer does not follow suit. The dealer shows two
r,ine calls attention to the fact that the dealer
did not follow suit on the previous trick. whereupon
rect the error.
The dealer Is too late to correct the error when
he has shown his cards and claimed the rest OF the
tricks as that is tantanount playin to the follow
Ing trick which establishes a revoke, whether the
previous trick is turned down or not.
j. NJ. II. says: What Is the correct lead from this
hand when no trumps have been declared by the
dealer: Q j 10 OF hearts. } or clubs A o9 = OF
diamonds: and ks7 Of spades'
The rule given In all text books Is To prefer suit
containing three honors In sequence. and as the
hearts are the only suit that comply with this rule
II looks as " the queen OF hearts the book lead.
To open the Jack OF clubs would be wasting time.
Casino j. c. A. says; suppose the game is a
four hand partnership and A has built ten. When
deuce, four and eight Can B put a six on the four
and call II two tens for his partner AZ
Yes. The rule for partnerships II that they may
take In one anothcrs builds or may make builds
which can b- by card declared In the partners
hand. Even n AS ten build had been taken In by
the intermediate player before II came to BIS turn
20 play. u could have made fresh ten build to be
taken In by the ten which - declared In his
Mariners hand Sometimes M adversary will
ask the partner making the build. b In this case.
" he can take Il In himself. need not answer
that question. -
TEE SUN to tell us who Invented this game and
when. He also wants 10 know where to get the full
code OF laws for II. .
The only complete rules so far published that
TnE sUN knows OF are those issued by the Charles
II. Elliott Company OF Philadelphia. They are
called the Pocket Laws Of Five Hundred. With
Hints 70 Beginners"
N. n. says: To settle bet which is the more
scientific form o. the game with or wlthous the
joker In the pack!
That depends on what you call scientific. When
there Ia a declared trump there Is absolutely nos
difference In the merits OF the two games. as II Is
merely n question OF playing with ten trumps
instead OF with nine, because there three bowers
Instead OF two When II comes 10 no trumpers
it Ia true that hand can be bid upon freely
II there Is no Joker In the pack. because any suit
that 10 solld will run unncrruptedly: but that does
not make the game any more sclcnufc than when
one has TO calculate for the adverse Joker, Owing
20 the various uses to which the joker may be put
as the controlling factor In any OF the four suits.
and as a card that be led a winner or played
as a stopper II would seem that " complications
were considered the game with the Joker added
would be the better of the two. II Is certainly
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