The standard Hoyle; a complete guide and reliable authority upon all games of chance or skill now played in the United States, whether of native or foreign introduction . THE RULES. A full pack of 52 cards, which rank as in Whist, are used. Four per-sons play as a rule, but five or six may do so. With more than four thefour who shall play the first rubber are selected by cutting. The fourthus selected cut for partners, choice of seats and cards. The proper method of cutting for cards is to spread them upon thetable, face downward. Each player selects a card and turns it face up-ward. The four
The standard Hoyle; a complete guide and reliable authority upon all games of chance or skill now played in the United States, whether of native or foreign introduction . THE RULES. A full pack of 52 cards, which rank as in Whist, are used. Four per-sons play as a rule, but five or six may do so. With more than four thefour who shall play the first rubber are selected by cutting. The fourthus selected cut for partners, choice of seats and cards. The proper method of cutting for cards is to spread them upon thetable, face downward. Each player selects a card and turns it face up-ward. The four drawing the lowest cards play the first rubber. Thenthe four cut for partners in the same manner, the two cutting the lowestcards playing against the other pair. The partner cutting the lowestcard deals. All ties are decided by the tying players cutting again. POSITION AT THE TABLE- Partners sit opposite to one another and are designated by their posi-tions in the first trick of the deal. The dealers partner is the leader or eldest hand sits on the dealers left, and his partner, knownas the pone, sits opposite, as in the following diagram: Dummy. Dealer. BRIDGE WHIST, 109 In hands used to illustrate games the letters used in the diagram areplaced at the head of columns to indicate the leader and the otherplayers on the first trick. DEAI^ING. Two packs should be used. While the dealer is shuffling and passingthe cards to the pone to be cut, the dummy shuffles the second deck andplaces them on his right hand ready for the next deal. The dealer dis-tributes the cards one at a time to each player until the pack is ex-hausted. There are no misdeals i^ Bridge, as the deal is a disadvantage,and no trumps are turned. Whenever there are irregularities in the dealthe same dealer again deals. If the dealer or his partner expose a card his adversaries can demand anew deal, and vice versa. Anything is an irregularity that would be ir-regular in a Whist deal, exposed cards
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