The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-20

has forgotten thai Il did not follow
suit To ono round OF hearts and that there
u therefore still a heart To come After
having dexterousiy got all III. diamonds
bat his own out OF the way ne arrives
at the position shown above He now
leads a spad. from his own hand and
takes the fResse On finding the king
on his left h" promptly announces that h.
will win all the rest of the tricks by trump
ing the clubs and leading the spades
through 4 until the king falls
A. who immediately comprehends u
error. blandly Expresses som. doubt az
To the king falling. and remarks that
under the rules he can ask n TO place the
remainder OF his cards on the table But
being very sharp. A feared that II he did
80 would perceive that Z had NOT ~"
thirteenth heart and would remind T. that
II was still IN play which would warn II
To make hIs ace of spades AT once. so A
simply told Z 10 go ahead and try 10 catch
the king Of spades
When Il led the club from vs. hand and
put "A diamond on 1t A plav'~t the jack Of
clubs and took IN the trick. advising Il
that diamonds were NOT vet truInps A
then returned the club lead ace first. and
after his partner had made three club
tricks A r-umred the spade AZ the cad.
which was n rather curious reversal of
the result expected bv IN" dealer. who
could hav. forced the last heart with his
diamonds when ne was IN. making dll-
monds trurnT~ and losing only one trick
instead Of six
The scoring for this game j. by tricks
and honors and they do not differ IN value,
ten points being a game. To the tricks
are added as "A bonus the honors, which
are always the three aces. but instead OF
counting them TO m. SIDE 10 which they
were dealt they always go "a the side that
wins them. The ace OF hearts - never
raCkoned. a. 1t must 20 TO tn. holders.
hut each OF IN. other aces NAV be taken
into camp nv n trump in a higher sIIIt.
IL ~ thus possible tn go game in one hand
by making n grand slam. which must in
clllds the capture Of all three aces.
The PLAYING Of r,ibb-rs il a matter Of
agreement a. IL the vaiu. OF rubber
points. II any
The laws that are used 10 govern the
new game are essentially those Of bridge.
except that all rules relating Ia deClarl
tons and doubling are necessary
should any one renounC. 10 "a SuIr and
play "A cari which Ia. ina 2ines To b.. u
trump when II - not there l. no penalty
aganSt nun except To take the trick from
him and to treat m" card played a. II ~
were discard. Bu, should a player ra-
nounca To "A suit and take back the card
ha cannot substitute a trump II the card
first PLAYED was not a trump.
Should a PLAYER not only take IN trick
? through an error III hrs conception Of the
hump suit hut lead for the NEXT trick.
or -houh mas partner lead hnn"r ~l'n
cirCumst anca-s il h." liable 10 the usual
penalty for n lead out Of turn
No PLAYER - allowed 10 give any an
formal ION as TO which suit IL now the
: r,Imp nor az TO how rnanv trurnps ar"
stil in play under penalty 81 having his
whole hand eNposed and the cards IN i
liable 10 ba called
The p"nalrv for revoke ~ to take
three actual tricks from the side in error
4 Thev have many
Tootatoo has several virtues who h
probably will recommend ~ 20 a large
number NJ perSons who are ALWAYS ready
for som hing new in the wav Of a game ~
cards for the coming winter Not the
least Of these virtues IL that Won can teach
any one how TO PLAY u in lass than f."
minutes 20 play AT II that ia How much
her" IL in he game probably will not
dawn on ono unin he has played - for
wear al least