Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
PATIENCE FOR PARTNERS
New Card Game Devised for the
Coming Winter.
BEST WITH FOUR PARTNERS
HRs Surprises for Those who have
Never Tried It-PhysicaI ms
Wen Rs Mental ouick-
ness Counts.

They have a new game for the coming
winter which is a sort Of Marathon race
intellectually as well as physically. II is
q partnership game Of patience for four
players at Its best, but It can be employed
as a sort OF double dummy patience by
those who do not care for two-hand bridge
or double dummy whist. II a third player
wants to cut in he can do so, but the part
nership game for four players is the real
thing. .
Each player is provided with a fun pack
OF fifty-two cards, and one Of these packs
is cut for partners and choice OF seats.
Each Of the four shuffles- one pack, and
passes It to the player on his right. This
player passes It on again to the right to
be cut, and when all are ready the signal
is given to begin and the game is on.
The first thing is to count off thirteen
cards from the top Of the pack face down
and place them on one side. This is the
players boneyard. Each player then turns
four cards face up on the table, laying
them in a row. These are his starters. The
thirty-five cards that remain in HIS hand
are kept face down and constitute his play
ing pack.
Should any OF the first four starters be
an ace II must be placed in the center OF
the table and another starter laid out in
its place from the top Of the boneyard.
Every ace that shows must be placed In
the center Of the table as a foundation for
the builds, and these aces are public prop.
erty which any OF the players is free to
build on whether he laid out that ace from
his pack or not. As the cards get mixed
up in the process 1t is better to have them
OF different patterns.
As soon as the four starters are down
each player runs off his playing pack. still
held in his hand face down, three cards at
2 time. The three cards are laid on the
table in front of him face up and the top
card showing is available for building or
the starters or on the aces.
II the top card Of the three can be used
the one under it is available, and If thai
can also be used, the third. and II that,
the card showing from the last three laid
off may be taken. Any card face up on
the pile is in play. When no card can be
used, three more are run off and turned
face up and so on, until the whole Of the
playing pack has been gone through.
Cards from the playing pack are used or
the starters to form sequences in a~lternat-
ing colors and in descending order, building
from a red four on a black five down ia
a black trey and a red deuce. As soon as
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center of the table separate from any other
ace, and these aces can be built on only
in ascending sequence and in the same
suit, the deuce of clubs on the ace of clubs
and the trey of clubs on the deuce, and
so on.
These aces are called foundations. NJ
one is obliged to build on an ace II. he does
not wish to, but he cannot hold/the ace
back.
The cards in the four starting rows may
be changed about from one row to another
by lifting them one at a time, but every
card so moved must fit the place to which
It goes. 1t is against the rules to lift NOR,
than one at a time unless the whole row
can be moved without disturbing it's order
Suppose that one starting row contain.
10, Q, s, Z, another 6, 8, 4 and another 5, 4
=, 2. The 2 and 3 cannot be lifted anC
placed on the 6, 8. 4, because that is moving
more than one at a time and is not moving
the whole row. But the 6, 5, 4 row can b,
lifted entire and placed on the bottom %
the 10, 9, s, 7 row.
AS soon as any one of the starting row.
becomes vacant a card may be taken from
the top or the players boneyard, auC
placed in the vacant space to start a new
row or the player may take a king from
his playing hand and fill the space will
that. 1t is not obligatory 20 FIJI the spac,
at once II the player thinks he can gaiI
any advantage by waiting. As soon as IN,
thirteen cards from the Doneyard have
been taken away in this manner kings ma,
be used from the playing hand, but n,
other card can start a row.
Each player is allowed to look at the tol