Hamilton. Philosophy of Whist, by Dr. W. Pole. * Practical Guide to Whist, by Fisher Ames. x Short-Suit Whist, by Val. W. Starnes. * Short Whist, by James Clay. * Theory of Whist, by Dr.
Where must I follow? where must I follow? Follow, follow me. Where must I follow? where must I follow? Follow, follow me. --Earls Heaton (H. Hardy). VI. Mr. Monday was a good man, He whipped his children now and then; When he whipped them he made them dance, Out of Scotland into France; Out of France into Spain, Back to dear old England again. O-u-t spells out, If you please stand out. I had a little dog and his name was Buff, I sent him after a penn orth of snuff, He broke the paper and smelled the snuff, And that s the end of my dog Buff. He shan t bite you--he shan t bite you--he shan t bite you, &c.
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_=RUBBERS.=_ If the first two games are won by the same player and his dummy, the third is not played. Tournées are not played, and the completion of the rubber breaks up the table. _=CUTTING IN.=_ The table being complete with two, at the end of a rubber a new table must be formed. _=SUGGESTIONS FOR GOOD PLAY.=_ The player should first carefully examine the exposed hands, and by comparing them with his own, suit by suit, should fix in his mind the cards held by his living adversary. This takes time, and in many places it is the custom to expose the four hands upon the table. Players who have better memories than their opponents object to this, for the same reason that they prefer sitting on the right of the living player. It is not at all uncommon for a player to forget that certain cards have been played, to his very serious loss.
_=Dealing.=_ The cards are dealt from left to right, two being given to each player for the first round, then three, and then two again, until each player has received seven cards. The four remaining in the pack are then placed in the centre of the table, face down, and form the _=widow=_. No trump is turned. The rules governing all irregularities in the deal are the same as in ordinary Euchre. _=Making the Trump.=_ The cards dealt, each player in turn, beginning with the eldest hand, bids a certain number of points, at the same time naming the suit which he wishes to make the trump. There is no second bid, and the suit named by the highest bidder must be the trump for that deal. The successful bidder takes the widow, selecting from it what cards he pleases, and discarding others in their stead, so as to restore the number of his cards to seven. He then places a red counter in front of him, and chooses his partners, passing a red counter to each of them.
Any player with a pair, or three of a kind, wishing to bet on them, puts as many counters as he pleases into the centre pool, and any player willing to bet against him must put in a like amount. There is no raising these bets, and the players in order to the left of the dealer have the first say as to betting, or passing. The higher pair wins. Threes beat pairs, and four of a kind is the best hand possible. This pool settled, the play of the cards follows. Eldest hand leads any card he pleases and each in turn to the left must follow in sequence and suit, playing the 10 on the 9, the J on the 10, etc., until the K is reached. The player who has the King, or the highest card, if the King is in the stock, starts again with any card he pleases. Any player who cannot continue the sequence in his turn must pass that round. As soon as one player gets rid of his last card the game is at an end and every player at the table must pay him a counter for each card held.
C. Bell). II. He was a jolly, jolly sailor boy, Who had lately come ashore; He spent his time in drinking wine As he had done before. Then we will have a jolly, jolly whirl, Then we will have a jolly, jolly whirl, And he who wants a pretty little girl Must kiss her on the shore. --Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire (Miss Matthews). III. Here comes one jolly sailor, Just arrived from shore, We ll spend our money like jolly, jolly joes, And then we ll work for more. We ll all around, around and around, And if we meet a pretty little girl We ll call her to the shore. --Northants (Rev.
As this shows that A can stop the heart suit, C guards the spades and lets all his hearts go. B loses a very strong Grand, which must have been successful if C had had one club, or if A had led anything but the club Ten. A Grand with three Matadores is worth 4 times 20 or 80 points, which is what B loses, although he may have bid only 10 or 12 to get the play. A GRAND. +---+-------+-------+-------+-----+ | | A | B | C | B | | | | | |wins.| +---+-------+-------+-------+-----+ | 1 | ♣10 | ♣A | _J♢_ | - | | 2 | 8♠ | _A♢_ | 7♢ | 11 | | 3 | ♡A | 9♠ | _10♠_ | - | | 4 | ♣7 | _10♢_ | 9♢ | 10 | | 5 | ♣8 | _♡J_ | Q♢ | 5 | | 6 | ♣9 | _J♠_ | ♡9 | 2 | | 7 | ♡7 | _K♢_ | ♡Q | 7 | | 8 | ♣Q | _♣J_ | ♡K | 9 | | 9 | ♣K | _A♠_ | 7♠ | 15 | |10 | ♡10 | Q♠ | _K♠_ | - | +---+-------+-------+-------+ + | ♢8 and ♡8 in the Scat. | - | +---------------------------+-----+ | B wins 59 | +---------------------------------+ _=Text Books.=_ Foster’s Skat Manual, 1906. Eichhorn’s American Skat, 1898. Lehrbuch des Skatspiels, by K.