Unless the game is determined by pope being turned up, the eldest hand begins by playing out as many cards as possible ; first the stops, then pope, if he has it, and afterwards the lowest cards of his longest suit ; particularly an ace, for that can never be led through. The other players are to follow when they can, in sequence of the same suit, until a stop occurs ; and the party having the said stop thereby becomes eldest hand, and is to lead accord- ingly, and so on until some person parts with all his cards, by which he wins the pool, which is game, and becomes en- titled besides to a stake for every card not played by the others, except from any one holding pope, which excuses him from paying ; but if pope has been j played previously, then the person having held it is not excused. King and queen form what is termed matrimony ; queen and knave make in- trigue, when in the same hand ; but neither they, nor the ace, king, queen, knave, or pope, entitle the holder to the slakes deposited thereon unless played out. No claim can be allowed after the board is dressed for the succeeding deal ; but in all such cases the stakes are to remain on the board for future deter- mination. This game only requires a little atten- tion to remember what stops have been made in the course of the same ; as for instance, suppose a player begins by laying down the eight of clubs, then the seven in some other hand forms the stop. Whenever clubs are led after that from any lower card, the holder may safely play it in order to clear his hand. PUT, Game of. — Put is usually played by two persons, with a complete pack of cards. In this game the cards rank differently from all others, the tray being the best ; next the deuce, then ace, king, queen, knave, and so on in the usual order. After cutting for deal, &c. , at which the best put card wins, three cards by one at a time are given to each player ; and the game is played in the following way. If the non-dealer throws up his cards he loses a point ; if he plays, and the dealer does not lay down another to it, he gains a point ; but should the dealer either win the same, pass it, or lay down one of equal value, forming what is called a tie, the non-dealer is still at liberty to " put,’’ that is, play or not, and his opponent only gains a point. Then if both parties agree to go on, whoever gains all the tricks, or two out of the three, wins five points, which constitute the game. If each player obtains one trick, and the third is a tie, then neither party must be allowed to score. Four -hand Pvt differs only in that au.s CARDS 105 CARDS two of the players give each their best card to his partner, who then lays out one of his own, and the game is then played as two-handed put. If the dealer turns up any of his ad- versary’s cards, another deal may be demanded, but when he shows his own, he is to abide by them. Either party saying “I Put,” must stand his cards or pay the stakes. QUADRILLE, Game of.— This game is played by four persons, and only forty cards are used, the tens, nines, eights, being discarded from the pack. The deal is made by giving each player in rotation three cards at a time, for any two rounds, and once four cards at a time, beginning with the right hand player, who is the elder hand. The following is the correct way of playing this game :

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Unless the game is determined by pope being turned up, the eldest hand begins by playing out as many cards as possible ; first the stops, then pope, if he has it, and afterwards the lowest cards of his longest suit ; particularly an ace, for that can never be led through. The other players are to follow when they can, in sequence of the same suit, until a stop occurs ; and the party having the said stop thereby becomes eldest hand, and is to lead accordingly, and so on until some person parts with all his cards, by which he wins the pool, which is game, and becomes entitled besides to a stake for every card not played by the others, except from any one holding pope, which excuses him from paying ; but if pope has been j played previously, then the person having held it is not excused. King and queen form what is termed matrimony ; queen and knave make intrigue, when in the same hand ; but neither they, nor the ace, king, queen, knave, or pope, entitle the holder to the slakes deposited thereon unless played out. No claim can be allowed after the board is dressed for the succeeding deal ; but in all such cases the stakes are to remain on the board for future determination. This game only requires a little attention to remember what stops have been made in the course of the same ; as for instance, suppose a player begins by laying down the eight of clubs, then the seven in some other hand forms the stop. Whenever clubs are led after that from any lower card, the holder may safely play it in order to clear his hand. PUT, Game of. — Put is usually played by two persons, with a complete pack of cards. In this game the cards rank differently from all others, the tray being the best ; next the deuce, then ace, king, queen, knave, and so on in the usual order. After cutting for deal, &c. , at which the best put card wins, three cards by one at a time are given to each player ; and the game is played in the following way. If the non-dealer throws up his cards he loses a point ; if he plays, and the dealer does not lay down another to it, he gains a point ; but should the dealer either win the same, pass it, or lay down one of equal value, forming what is called a tie, the non-dealer is still at liberty to " put,’’ that is, play or not, and his opponent only gains a point. Then if both parties agree to go on, whoever gains all the tricks, or two out of the three, wins five points, which constitute the game. If each player obtains one trick, and the third is a tie, then neither party must be allowed to score. Four-hand Put differs only in that two of the players give each their best card to his partner, who then lays out one of his own, and the game is then played as two-handed put. If the dealer turns up any of his adversary’s cards, another deal may be demanded, but when he shows his own, he is to abide by them. Either party saying “I Put,” must stand his cards or pay the stakes. QUADRILLE, Game of.— This game is played by four persons, and only forty cards are used, the tens, nines, eights, being discarded from the pack. The deal is made by giving each player in rotation three cards at a time, for any two rounds, and once four cards at a time, beginning with the right hand player, who is the elder hand. The following is the correct way of playing this game :

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