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instead of two ; or he may bid a greater,
number of tricks in the same suit as the
dealer, or the same number that is, in
this case, one in a higher suit ; or, last
of all, he may bid, or contract, to make
a greater number of tricks in a higher
suit. The right to double, or overbid,
goes, in turn, to the left. Dummy is
now at liberty to pass, double, or make a
higher call. After him the third hand,
and after the third hand, the dealer may
again jump into the fray and outbid the
last bidder. This process goes on until
three players, in order, have passed.
That is, refused to double or outbid the
last bidder.
Let U3 suppose that the dealer has
called "one spade." The leader has
passed, and the dummy has called
one club. Third hand has called two
spade? which is a higher count than
one club, as two tricks in a suit are reck
oned more difficult to secure than one
trick in a suit, although the scoring value
of two spades is no greater than the one
club. Dealer has then bid one diamond ;
leader, three spades ; dummy, one heart ;
third hand, two clubs; dealer, four
spades ; leader, one no trump ; dummy,
two diamonds ; third hand, three clubs ;
dealer, six spades ; leader, two hearts ;
dummy, four clubs : third hand, three
diamonds; dealer, five clubs; leader,
two no trumps, etc., etc., until, for pur
poses of argument, the dealer has bid
seven tricks at no trumps, which is the
highest bid, except that it can be doubled
and redoubled; but after a redouble,
there shall be no more doubling. Thus
any one of the players may agree to
make a grand slam in no trumps (84)
any other player can double the call
(168), only to be redoubled by another
(336). After this, there can be no more
doubling.
DOUBLING INCREASES TRICK VALUE.
The play of the two combined hands
always rests with the partners who make
the final call. When two partners have
both made declarations in the same suit,
the partner not the adversary who
made the first call in that particular suit
is the player who must play the hands,
his partner becoming the dummy, and
his left-hand adversary becoming the
leader. Thus the dealer bids one heart,
the leader bids one no trump, dummy
bids two hearts, third hand bids two no
trumps, and the dealer doubles two no
trumps. The leader, dummy, and third
hand all pass. That is, declare them
selves satisfied. Now it rests with the
leader to play the hand, as he made a
call in no trumps before his partner
did, notwithstanding the fact that his
partner agreed to make more tricks in no
trumps than he, the leader, did ; and also,
notwithstanding the fact that the final
bid has been doubled, as doubling does
not carry with it the right to play the hand,
but merely increases the value of the tricks
when scored.
When the player of the two hands
wins the number of tricks which were
declared, or a greater number, he scores
below the line the full value of the tricks
won, just as at bridge. When he fails,
his adversaries score above the line, fifty
points for each under trick ; that is, for
each trick short of the number finally
declared; or, if the declaration was
doubled or redoubled, one hundred or
two hundred respectively for each such
trick. Neither the declarer nor his ad
versaries score anything below the line
for that hand. The adversaries score as
much for every under trick in, let us say
clubs, as they do in no trumps. Fifty is
the invariable score for each under trick,
unless the declaration has been doubled.
The loss on the declaration of one
spade is limited to one hundred points
irrespective of tricks, whether doubled or
not.
If a player makes a trump declaration
out of turn, the adversary on his left
may demand a new deal, or may allow
the declaration so made to stand, in
which case the bidding goes on as if the
declaration had been made in order.
If a player, in bidding, fails to call a
sufficient number of tricks to overcall
the precious declaration, he shall be con
sidered to have declared the requisite
number of tricks in the call which he
has made, and his partner shall be de
barred from making any further declara
tion, unless either of the adversaries
double or overcall.
After the final declaration has been
accepted, a player is not entitled to give
his partner any information as to any
previous call, but he may inquire, at any
time during the play of the hand, what
was the value of the final declaration.
Doubling and redoubling affect the
score only, and not the value in declar
ing e. g., two diamonds will still over
ca11 one no trump, although the no
trump declaration has been doubled.
A player cannot double his partner's
call, or redouble his partner's double,
but he may redouble a call of his part
ner's which has been doubled by an ad
versary. This act of doubling reopens the bid
ding. When a declaration has been
doubled, any player, including the de
clarer or his partner, can, in his proper
turn, make a further declaration of
higher value.
When a player, whose declaration has
been doubled, fulfils his contract by
winning the declared number of tricks,
he scores a bonus of fifty points above
the line, and a further fifty points for
every additional trick which he may
make. If he, or his partner, have re
doubled, the bonu3 is doubled.
If the declarer fails to make the odd
trick, his opponents may not score below
the line. All they may score is the fifty
points, a trick penalty above the line.
If a player doubles out of turn, the
adversary on his left may demand a new
deal.
A declaration once made cannot be
altered, unless it has been overcalled or
doubled.
A player may overbid the previous
call any number of times and may also
overbid his partner, but he cannot raise
his own bid unless it has been overcalled
by another player, in the interval.
A FEW WORDS AS TO SCORING.
I must add a few words as to scoring
in auction, as the method employed is a
trifle complicated. Honors, chicane,
and slams are scored by the original
holders exactly as in bridge.
A game consists of thirty points ob
tained by tricks alone, when the de
clarer fulfills his contract, which are
scored below the line, exclusive of any