The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained: And Its Practice Illustrated on an Original System by Means of Hands Played Completely Through

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Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, 1888 - 291 Seiten
 

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Seite 5 - ... a card be exposed, or if there be any confusion of the cards, or a doubt as to the exact place in which the pack was divided, there must be a fresh cut.
Seite 3 - At the end of a rubber, should admission be claimed by any one or by two candidates, he who has, or they who have, played a greater number of consecutive rubbers than the others is, or are, out ; but when all have played the same number, they must cut to decide upon the outgoers ; the highest are out.
Seite 4 - The player on the dealer's right cuts the pack, and in dividing it, must not leave fewer than four cards in either packet ; if in cutting, or in replacing one of the two packets...
Seite 11 - If a player, who has rendered himself liable to have the highest or lowest of a suit called, fail to play as desired, or if when called on to lead one suit, lead another, having in his hand one or more cards of that suit demanded, he incurs the penalty of a revoke.
Seite 10 - If a player leads a card better than any his adversaries hold of the suit, and then leads one or more other cards without waiting for his partner to play, the latter may be called upon by either adversary to take the first trick, and the other cards thus improperly played are...
Seite 9 - ... 55. If the dealer declare himself unable to recollect the trump card, his highest or lowest trump may be called at any time during that hand, and unless it cause him to revoke, must be played ; the call may be repeated, but not changed, ie, from highest to lowest, or vice versa, until such card is played. CARDS LIABLE TO BE CALLED.
Seite 1 - If an erroneous score be proved, such mistake can be corrected prior to the conclusion of the game in which it occurred, and such game is not concluded until the trump card of the following deal has been turned up. 12. If an erroneous score, affecting the amount of the rubber,* be proved, such mistake can be rectified at any time during the rubber.
Seite 11 - If a player called on to lead a suit have none of it, the penalty is paid. CARDS PLAYED IN ERROR, OR NOT PLAYED TO A TRICK.
Seite 32 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct, As water is in water. EROS. It does, my lord. ANT. My good knave Eros, now thy captain is Even such a body.
Seite 13 - ... should this be the case, they may be searched, and the card restored; the player is, however, liable for all revokes which he may have meanwhile made. THE REVOKE 71.

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