Show I FIFTY YEARS OF EUCHRE I Chicago Inter Ocean Few games have undergone so many changes In so o short a time tUne as our old frAnd euchre Fifty years ago euchre I was almost the national game in this country countr On all aU the steamboats t of or the tho western watern rivers euchre was the standby I and such old books on gambling as Greens Green always refer to It About twenty years ago people began to be dissatisfied ed with the old two and four hand game of euchre their tastes having been broadened by an acquaint acquaintance ance ame with duplicate whist and its Intricacies Intricacies The first change came In the form fonn of what was knowing as a seven hand euchre played with the full tun pack like whist a variety which is still very popular In many parts of the south and west Like most of our modern games seven hand euchre owes Its vogue to the intro introduction Introduction introduction of the bidding element Each of the seven seen players receives seven cards Tram from the full tull pack of including leg ing In the joker four tour remaining for the widow No trump is turned the privilege privilege lege loge of naming the trump being sold to the highest bidder Each player has bal one bid and he must name the suit he would like fike for tor trumps and aDd the number of points he thinks think he can ean make The highest bidder takes the tile widow and discards four f ur cards in Its place He then passes markers to those at the table that he selects as his partners for that deal if f he lie wants any partners It Is usual to select those who have the lowest scores so as not to advance those who are already high If It the bidder undertakes to win five tricks out of ot the seven he is entitled to two partners only and the three play against tho Uk remaining four tour If It he h has Bid six or seven tricks he can have three partners and they play against the three thre who are left out If It he thinks he can make seven Been with without without without out any partners he can bid 10 but he must bW bid it before seeing the he widow If he feels strong enough to win all seven tricks without either widow or partners he te can bid 20 0 e which is the top The bidder always leads for tor the first trick All he can score is the amount of his bid hid even if I he be takes more He and his partners all score the same i amount five for five tricks trl ks six for six and seven for fot seven five being the low lowest lowest lowest est bid allowed When he has no part partners partners ners tiers he be scores IC ret 10 to 30 20 G as the case may be provided he has bid it If It he has not net bid It H he must take partners If It the bidders side falls fails each adversary scores as many man points as were ere bid This Is s better bettor than setting Ole he e bidders side back baek In seven hand euchre the selection of ot the partners was found to be too much ef at a lottery letter as no one could tell which ones held the good cards unless bids had bad been made This led to numerous schemes for getting hold of the part partners partners ners nero who ho could be of some assistance to the bidder When Wh en the th e Australian game of call an ace are euchre came caine along It was Jumped at and the seven hand hapa game I was kept for tor large numbers of players In the Australian variety of euchre it is not net really the ace ac that is 1 T I I called on but the best card cardin cardIn in play of a named suit Four five or six can play but four makes the best game and is the usual number The card pack including the Joker is used for tor six players twentynine twentynine cards for five cards for tor four tour fourA tourA A trump is turned up in call the ace and each player In turn can pass or or order order order der it up No one but the dealer can take the trump Into his hand If It all allpass allpass allpass pass and the dealer turns It down each eachIn In turn ha hu has a chance to make it The player who orders up takes up or makes the trump is 18 allowed to call on the best card of any suit nit but trumps for his partner The partner is not revealed however until the card falls in the tM course cours of ot play pla If I the maker of the trump does not want any partner he h can either an announce flounce to play ply alone ale or he can ean call eal for forthe forthe forthe the beet beat bet card of a suit sit in which he holds an ace ac himself himself If I the ace of or the thecle called cle suit is rot In play the holder of the king or o evee ev the th queen quen may be bethe bethe bethe the partner If I the maker or of the t trump and his partner set get t three thre or four of the five tricks they the get one point pint each ech If I they thy make mke a mark they tey score oco e two in four for forhand hand three thre points In five or six hand hn If I the partnership is euchred each ch ad adversary a adversary scores two regardless of the number of ot players The euchre of a atone alne alone tone lone lne hand also all counts two If It a lone hone hand is Ia successful in winning all five tricks it I scores one on point for every ever player at the table four tor in four hand nand The game had its day and was w all al the rage rege rge a few years ago ag It Is still sti a great favorite In many places on account of its It life and variety but when wai five hun hundred hundred dred came ce along alg the t scientific enUCe players all aft flocked flecked foke to it This variety is something like Ike brg bridge but it I is I a for three players player Sometimes 8 four play at it I In partnerships partnership but it spoils spells some ome of the fine tn points as the adver adversaries series saries cannot get the player between them Ten cards ears are dealt delt to each e ch player three thre four three at a time from a thin thir card cr pack Including the t Joker After the first is dealt three lAter th 1 del are art laid off of for the widow which is Lo to LI be betaken betaken taken by the highest hight bidder bider Each Bach Beh player in turn tur has one bid bd to make a certain certin number of tricks which must be b six nix or ot more with wih a named trump suit sulL The Te suits outrank one oe another aRother in the same sm order as a at bridge bride spades being ben the and six Mx s tricks trl being beng worth 40 points Six in crabs clubs Is worth wort 68 6 in diamonds dis SO s In hearts 1 IN 9 and in no n trumps tm 11 Per For F each en additional trick the initial value Is added adde so 50 that seven seve in spades would wol be worth S s 0 eight In spades and an BO so s on Crabs Clubs would woul add player er who orders up takes take up or o make M 10 8 each trick The Th highest bidder is the te one who ko of fers tens the game gam which counts the most mt not necessarily the one that will wl win the must mt The bidder takes wn the widow discards three thre cards and leads le for the th first fr trick In this game same the Joker is hi a trump even eien in a r but It I cannot be k used us as a a D timp as us i I long as the holder of it can an follow suit sui If I the Joker is led le the holder of it t must name the suit he wants played to t It ItIn I ItIn In scoring the bidder what he be bid ld except that if I his bid was not got It worth he tie gets 2 po pont ponts If he takes tak all al ten tricks If It he falls fails tais to make mke good goodhe g ghe he Is set back the value of or his lite bi bid In lit either case ease each of the adversaries keeps his tricks separate and nd d each Mel counts 19 1 i points paints pint for h ha 1 wins As the name l 1 is game tha th bidder bider always hav ng the first frt count Now that 5 is an old ol story they are ar trying trIng something new which wih is la called cled discard euchre euchre although it I Is really rel nothing more Je nor less le than tn the French Fren same game ame orte With true t American en enterprise and disregard dir for to prejudice some Ime players are using the American Amrin rank of the cards erds but it I s a sno sno ano no no better game on that account All AH it accomplices is to make it easy esy to re remember remember member The Te card pack Is II used ue but there is no Joker The rank of the cards is peculiar ull Inasmuch as the theIs ace Is not the best ll of the Ute suit the order oer be M being MIng ing trig king queen que Jack jck ace ae ten te nine eight seven both bot In cutting and in play plY It I is le more than probable that tt American Am players player tt force fon the ace ae Into first the place and mark it i instead of king kin otherwise It te ii important to re Fe remember ro member the king kin is the te best beet bt and an t the Jack jck will wi win the te ace a Discard euchre Is 1 a game gme for tor two twO players plyer only and an 1 Ike ke piquet it hi Is I like Iv ly to become popular for that seine same rea reason r son son The Th higher rut deals dels the fleet first hand hald and each player ply receives receive five cards cr three thre and two The Te next card is If turned ture up for the trump If I this is a king or oran oran oran an ace if I the Lee ace lc Is to be b the th best befit bt for tor forIt forit card the dealer deler marks ma one point It immediately Imm This turned turn trump Is I never tak taken n Into the th hand band handor or changed chane on C s in euchre The pretty part of oC the th game gme is II In 11 li the thed th d ward The Te or elder eMr hand han looks at his five cards and a decide deIH whether or not he will 1 play ply them tm as a they are ar or ask uk for a chance to discard and nd draw dr to Improve No matter which he does do he cannot canot change the t trump for that tt deal del If I he be decides to stand on his hl original cards he says I 1 play these the which compels the sy dealer deler to py play without dis discarding 41 carding but It also all obliges the elder eldr hand to make three of the th five tricks or he is euchred euchre If I the elder hand haJ wants to draw he says sa I 1 prop propose or Cards When the elder band asks Ik for cards It s the the deniers dealers delers turn to say any whether he will wi play with wih his original hand han or 01 orwill wilt will m draw to improve prove and an that is Sa where the science of ot the game comes In If I he wants to draw himself his hl reply to the demand Cards Cars Is If How many But if I he h refuses to take cards eard himself he also refuses them to his hlf adversary by saying Play Ply This refusal to give cards when asked for then obliges him to make three thre tricks out of the five or he is euchred euchre When a proposal to draw dra cards is cs made and accepted the tho trump card cr Is laid ade and the te cards asked ked for are arc ar dealt dalt from the tl top te of the th pack after number asked for tor has been discarded When the elder ekr hand has h asked aske fur for cards cas and they are offered he must take one oe and he be may take any number from one to five The elder hand han being helped help the thed dealer d aler ler helps himself but neither player Is allowed to look lk at his discards after they have once left his hi hand If I th thelder elder eldr hand Is not net satisfied with his hl draw be b can cal ca propose again and the dealer has 18 another another opportunity to give cards cr or refuse them tem but these the secondary I proposals and refusals carry with them no penalty for a a euchre The second send player on each ech trick must mut not only follow su SIt sut t but must win the trick if I he can n To fall fail tal in either when able is a revoke When a revoke is discovered dl vered the th cards are taken back bk and played pled over oer again from that point The There Tf re x king player scores nothing If It he hE makes the odd od trick and an scores one only if he makes all al five If I the re revoking revoking yoking player does dos not make the odd od trick there is no penalty Five ponts Is a game gme Winning three or four tricks counts one on toward It an ana and anda a march counts two and a a euchre two The Th king always counts one on onTe The Te great gret secret seret of oC success In tillS game gme is to know upon what cards the player should stand as elder hand or refuse to give cards when he is the dealer d ler There is no game of cards in inthe Inthe Inthe the world In which this has hu been figured down to such a fine point BO so I that it Is IF impossible to find a hand which can cannot cn cannot not nt be mathematically demonstrated deon AS is 5 a stand hand han or a refusal The result resl of these calculations ar arc known as the re regie regis and they are Any hand ban with three thre trumps In it I Any hand with three thre trumps and three cards of one suit sui as a high as a n queen or two curds cards rs in one suit an aId anI 3 king of another anther suit suit or three cards of f different suits suit as high as a 1 king and Jack Remember that th the king is the thE I highest card cardAny tar cart Any hand with one ene trump and three winning cauls of another suit sui or i 1 I fourcard suit to a king or three cards card of one suit with two queens In the I hand han i Any hand without a a trump should have four curt court cards or o three thre queens This s 1 a very e fine fn game game which needs only to t became better known kon to be the I favorite of it h euchre family |