Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-28

more or less than the French game Of
ecarte With true American enterprise
ard disregard q old world preiudices some
players arr using the American nan OF
the cards. hut z b no better game on that
account. All il s~cconpishes rs 10 make Il
easy 70 remember.
The tbfrtv-two card pack is used. but
there In no joker. The rank OF The cards IL
peculiar. inasmuch as the ace - not the
best Of the snit. the order being X. Q. ].
A. 10 ?. & : both in cutting and in play
II IL more than probable that American
players will force The ace into hrsf place
ana mark IL Instead Of the king; other
wise u n important TO remember that the
king 10 the best and the Jack will win the
ace.
Discard euchre IL a game for two play
ers only. and like piauet It is likely TO be-
come popular fer that reason
The higher cut deals the first hand AMI
each player receives five cards. three and
two. The next card IL turned uD for The
trump. II this is a KIM Cor an ace. 4
the ace Is to be the best CARD the dealer
marks one point for it Immediately This
turned trump is never taken into the haad
or changed. as in euchre-
Important Part of Play.
The pretty part OF the gams is in the
discard. The nondeaisr. OF elder hand.
looks at his five cards and decides whether
OF not ne will play them as they are or
ask for a chance 10 discard and draw to
i'm prove. No matter which he does. he
cannot change the trump for that desl.
II ne decides to stand on his original
cards he says Il plav these" which com
pels the dealer to play without disearding.
but It also obliges the elder hand to make
three OF the five tricks or he is euchre5.
n the elder band wants to draw he says
Il propose" CT Cards
when the elder hand asks for cards. il is
the dealers turn TO say whether he will
play with his original hand or will draw
10 improve. and that is where the science
OF the game comes in. II he wants TO
draw himself his reply to the demand.
''Cs rds.' is. "How many But II he re-
fuses TO taks cards himself. he also re-
fuses them to his adversary by saying,
Play" This refusal to give cards when
asked for them obliges him 20 make three
tricks out Of the five or he is euchred
When a proposal to draw cards is made
and accepted. the trump card Is laid aside
and the cards asked for are dealt from
the top Of the pack. after the number
asked for have been discarded. When the
elder hand has asked for cards and they
are offered. ne must take one. and he may
take any number from one TO five.
Propose and Draw.
The elder hand being helped. the dealer
! helps himself. but neither player is al
lowed to look at his discards after Trey
have once left his hard. II the elder
hand is not satisfied with his draw, he can
propose again. and the dealer has another
opportunity TO give cards or to refuse
thtm; but these secondary proposals and
refussls carry with them no penalty for a
euchre. A euchre Is possible only when
the hands are played as originally dealt.
Elder hand may continue TO propose aAd
draw as long as there are any cards LETT
in the pack. but the trump card remains
the same. As soon as the discards are
ended, through one or other announcing
that he viii stand on his cards, the first
thing Is to mark the king, IL it Is In play
II either elder hand holds the king oil
trumps he must announce II and score a
point for it before he leads TO the first
trick. II he does NOT hold it, he must
say. Il play" so that the dealer may
mark the king before a card is led. Other
wise the score for the king it lost.
The second player in each trick must
not only follow suit. but must win the
trick II ne can. To fail in either when able
IL q revoke. When a revoke is discovered
the cards are taken back and played over
again from tina point. The revokins
PLAYER scores nothing IL he makes the odd
trick and scores one only II he makes al
five. II the revoking player does not make
- - -.naVNr
Five points is a game. Winning three
or four tricks counts one toward it and a
march counts two and a egehre two. The
king always counts one.
The great secret OF success in this game
is to know upon whs cards the piayeF
should stand as elder hand or refuse 70
give cards when he is the dealer. There
is 70 game Of cards in the world in which
this mas bean figured down to such a fine
point. 50 that Il IL impossible to find q
hand which cannot be mathemstically dem
onstrated as a stand hand" or a refusal.
The result Of these calculations are
known as the Jeux de reggie and they are:
Any hand with three trumps in II.
ANY hand with two trumps and three
cards of one suit as high as a queen. OF
two cards in one suit and kin of anothet
suit. or three cards OF different suits a
high as a king and tack. (Remember thai
the king is the highest card
Any hand with one trump and thrs'
winning cards IN another suit, or a four
card suit TO q king. or three cards OF one
suit with two queens in the hand
Any hand without a trump should nave
four court esras or three queens.
This Is a very fine game, which needi
only 70 become better known to be tbs