When a partie of five games is agreed upon, it is usual to have an extra stake upon the odd game, and when three games have been won by the same player, the partie is at an end. It is usual to count it a double game if the loser has not reached 500 points. _=PLAYERS.=_ Bézique is played by two persons, one of whom is known as the _=dealer=_, and the other as the _=pone=_. They cut for choice of seats and deal, the player cutting the highest card having the first choice, and electing whether or not to deal himself. In cutting, the cards rank as in play, and the ace is the highest. If a player exposes more than one card, he must cut again. _=DEALING.=_ The cards are thoroughly shuffled, and presented to the pone to be cut. At least five cards must be left in each packet.
Carrick. Carry my Lady to London. Carrying the Queen a Letter. Cashhornie. Castles. Cat and Dog. Cat-Beds. Cat s Cradle. Cat-gallows. Cat i the Hole.
cannot move without supply--if supplies are not provided within six consecutive moves, they are out of action. A force surrounded must surrender four moves after eating its last horse. Now as to Destructions: To destroy a railway bridge R.E. take two moves; to repair, R.E. take ten moves. To destroy a railway culvert R.E. take one move; to repair R.
_=1.=_ _=SCORING.=_ A game consists of five points. If the players making the trump win all five tricks, they count _=two=_ points towards game; if they win three or four tricks, they count _=one=_ point; if they fail to win three tricks, their adversaries count _=two=_ points. _=2.=_ If the player making the trump plays _=alone=_, and makes five tricks, he counts as many points as there are players in the game: Two, if two play; three if three play; four if four play, etc. If he wins three or four tricks only, he counts one; if he fails to win three tricks, his adversaries count two. _=3.=_ _=The Rubber=_ is the best of three games. If the first two are won by the same players, the third game is not played.
See Hop-scotch. Hard Buttons Several boys place one button each close together on a line. The game consists in hitting a particular button out of this line with the nicker without touching the others. This is generally played in London streets, and is mentioned in the _Strand Magazine_, ii. 515. See Banger, Buttons. Hare and Hounds A boys game. One boy is chosen as the Hare. He carries with him a bag filled with strips of paper. The rest of the boys are the Hounds.
, to draw a person on; to irritate or provoke him to bidding more than he should. Rejoué, duplicate whist. Renege, failure to follow suit, having none. See Revoke. Renounce, same as renege. Rentrant, F., the player who takes the place of the loser in a previous game. Renvier, F., to raise the bet, to improve. Retourne, F.
One child represents an old woman, and the other players carry on the dialogue with her. At the end of the dialogue the children are chased by the old woman. See Mother, Mother, may I go out to Play, Witch. Letting the Buck out This game was played seventy years ago. A ring being formed, the Buck inside has to break out, and reach his home, crying Home! before he can be caught and surrounded. Afterwards these words were sung-- Circle: Who comes here? Buck: Poor Johnny Lingo. Circle: Don t steal none of my black sheep, Johnny Lingo, For if you do I shall put you in the pinder pin-fold. --Stixwold, Lines. (Miss M. Peacock).
If he fails, he must double the amount then in the pool, and pay five counters to each of his adversaries. Any player taking a trick that spoils a general rams gets nothing from the pool, and it is usual to abandon the hands the moment the announcing player loses a trick. ROUNCE. This is an American corruption of Rams. It is played with the full pack of fifty-two cards, which rank as at Whist, and any number of players from three to nine. Six cards are dealt to the widow, one of which must be discarded by the player taking it. All pools are alike, there being no difference between simples and doubles, and there is no such announcement as general rounce. There is no obligation to head the trick, nor to trump or under-trump; but the winner of the first trick must lead a trump if he has one. BIERSPIEL. This is a popular form of Rams among German students.