Part 3 (1/2)

104. A player playing alone is liable to no penalty for simply exposing a card; but should he lead out of turn, the card is an exposed card, and can be called.

105. Should an adversary play out of turn to the lead of a lone hand, both opposing hands must be laid on the table, and can be called by the player playing alone.

ETIQUETTE OF EUCHRE.

106. The following rules belong to the established Etiquette of Euchre.

They are not called ”Laws,” as it is difficult, and in some cases impossible, to apply any penalty to their infraction, and the only remedy is to cease to play with the players who habitually disregard them.

107. Two packs of cards of different colors are invariably used at Clubs, and this should be adhered to if possible.

108. A player having the lead and another winning card to play, should not draw the second card out of his hand till his partner has played to the first trick, such act being a distinct intimation that the former has played a winning card.

109. No intimation whatever by word or gesture should be given by a player as to the state of the hand or the game after the trump card is turned.

110. A player who desires the cards to be placed, or demands to see the last trick, should do so for his own information only, and not to attract the attention of his partner.

111. No player should object to refer to a bystander who professes himself uninterested in the game and able to decide any disputed question of fact.

112. It is unfair to revoke purposely; and having made a revoke, a player is not justified in making a second to conceal the first.

113. Until the players have made such bets as they wish, bets should not be made with the bystanders.

114. Bystanders should make no remark, nor should they, by word or gesture, give any intimation of the state of the game until concluded and scored, nor should they walk around the table to look at the different hands.

115. No one should look over the hand of a player against whom he is betting.

116. Players should pa.s.s, a.s.sist, order up, etc., with as nearly as possible the same manner at all times, and should be careful not to give information by unusual quickness or delay.

TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN EUCHRE.

”Right Bower,” or ”Right,”--knave of the trump suit, which is the highest card.

”Left Bower,” or ”Left,”--knave of the same color as the trump suit, which is the second best card.

”Alone,”--playing without your partner.

”a.s.sist,” or ”Help,”--ordering up the trump when your partner deals.

”Announce,”--to declare the suit which shall be trumps.

”Bridge,”--when the score of the eldest hand is four to one or four to two in his favor.

”Crossing the suit,”--making the trump of a different color from the suit turned down.

”Next,”--to make a trump of the color turned down.