Evening star., 1928-12-25
BRIDGE TALKS
By MRS. JOHN MUNCE, JR.
Scoring Of Honors,
By ROBERT CULLEN.


Honors are scored In the honor score
of the side to which they are dealt
and their value Is not changed by dou-
bling or redoubling. For example, the
! declaration Is one heart and declarer
holds the ace, king, five-spot, three-spot
| and deuce of hearts, and his partner
holds the ten-spot, eight-Spot and the
Seven-Spot. They would count 10 each
or 80 in the honor score.
Another example: The bid is one dia-
mond and declarer holds in his hand
the ace, jack. ten-spot, eight-spot and
Six-spot His partner holds the king
and queen of diamonds. They score
so in their honor score as they have
five honors in the two hands.
Another illustration: Declarer has
the bid at one club and holds the ace,
king, queen, jack and Six-spot. His
partner holds the nine-spot, eight-spot
and five-spot. They score 80 in their
honor score, as they have four honors
In one hand.
Another example: The declaration is
one spade and declarer holds the ace,
king, queen, jack and Seven-spot, and
his partner holds the ten-Spot, six-spot
and four-spot. They score 80 in the
honor score, as they have four honors
in one hand and the fifth in the part
ners'.
Here is another example: The decla-
ration is three hearts and the declarer
holds the ace, king, queen, jack, ten
spot and four-Spot and scores 100 in
his honor score, as he has five honors
in one hand.
AS to no-trump honorS, the bid is one
no trump and declarer holds three
aces, they count 10 each, or 80, in their
honor score. If declarer holds one ace
and his partner two aces In a no
trump bid, they score 80 in their honor
score, and If declaIer or his partner
hold only two aces, neither side scores
in the honor score. But il declarer or
his partner holds four aces in his hand
with no trump the declaration, he
counts 100 in his honor score. In no.
trump declaration the declarer does not
always hold three aces, and II the ad-
versarieS hold three or four aces, they
score accordingly.
If declarer wins l3 tricks, he makes
a grand slam and scores 100 points in
the honor score. If declarer wins IL
tricks, he makes little slam and scores
SO points in the honor score.
When declarer bids seven and only
makes six-odd, he scores so for small
slam, although he was set "one"-odd.
is we'll to mention that the penalty for
a revoke, when scored to the credit of
| the adversary, goes into the honor score
and Is recorded above the horizontal
| line. Also to repeat that the penalty
| for "set tricks is recorded above the
! line to the credit of the adversary.
During the play each side has ac-
cumulated trick score, in which are
written only points earned by winning
odd tricks, and an honor score in which
the bonuses are recorded. At the end
of the rubber the total points of side
are obtained by adding together its trick
score and its honor score, including the
| 250-point bonus for the rubber won
Subtracting the smaller total from the
| greater gives the net points by which
the rubber is won and lost.
It is the accepted custom at many
parties, where 1t is desired to progress
that the system of rubbers (that is
the best two out of three gameS) Is
abandoned, and given number OF
hands, usually four or eight, Is played
in lieu of a rubber. This Is known as
party bridge" and necessitates some
slight Encouragement of the scoring
The tricks and honors are counted ex.
actly as in playing rubbers, but it Is
customary to add bonus Of 125 fol
game in one hand, instead Of the 25C
bonus for winning a rubber. There Il
also one other generally accepted fea.
ture. Whenever no bid is made by the
four hands dealt, the dealer does moi
lose his deal, but either reshuffieS and
deals with the same deck or makes a
new deal with the second deck. It Ii
generally customary to record the score
of the winners and losers at the actua
total number OF points made by player