The Field Book: or, Sports and pastimes of the United Kingdom: compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modernMaxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton)
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The Field Book: or, Sports and pastimes of the United Kingdom: compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton)
Amusements -- Great Britain; Sports -- Dictionaries; Sports -- Great Britain
13. When the dealer turns up two or more cards, instead of one for the
trump, it is optional with the adversary to claim what would have been
the turn-up card, if the order had not been deranged, or to place the
cards seen at the bottom of the stock and have a new cut, or to call a
new deal.
OF THE KING, AND THE TURN UP OR TRUMP CARD.
1. He who turns up a king gains and marks one point: he who holds the
king of the suit turned up, gains and marks one point.
2. The king must be declared before it is played, by the holder of it
saying, I hold the king: it may also be declared after it has been
played; but, in that case, it must be the leading card, and not have
been covered by the adversary’s card; for if covered before declared,
the point cannot be marked.
3. This rule applies only to the elder hand; the second player must
always declare the king before he plays it; but it is his interest not
to declare it till after his adversary has played his first card.
4. The suit of the turn up card, or trump, is superior to all the other
suits.
OF DISCARDING.
1. If the elder-hand be dissatisfied with his cards, he proposes to
exchange them in whole or in part, by saying, I discard, or I propose,
or if you please, or any other equivalent phrase. If the second player
be also dissatisfied with his hand, he accedes to the proposal by
saying, How many? He then gives the elder hand as many cards as he
demands, and afterwards takes as many as he wants himself to the full
number of the whole hand, five cards each, if requisite.
2. He who has once proposed cannot refuse the cards given him.
3. If after the first exchange the elder hand be still not content with
his cards, he may ask for more three or four times successively, till
the thirty-two cards are exhausted, but the dealer, from first to last,
is always at liberty to accept or refuse.
4. Each player before he takes in new cards, must throw his discard on
the table apart from the stock, and the cards put out must all be mixed
together. The discard made, neither player can demand more or less cards
than he requested, nor is he allowed to look at those which have been
discarded.
5. It sometimes happens, that, after several exchanges have been made,
the elder hand having proposed again, and the dealer having
inconsiderately asked, How many, there are not cards enough left to
satisfy his demand. In this case he who has proposed is not the less
bound to have other cards; but as he cannot have them from the stock,
there being no stock left, he is obliged to supply the deficiency from
his last discard.
6. He who looks at his discard, after he has made it, is obliged to play
with his hand exposed on the table.
7. When, after the first deal, the elder hand proposes, and the other
refuses, the one who refuses loses two points, if he do not make three
tricks.
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