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Edmond Hoyle y be calied the father of the the greatest whist ana the first to entific stu of the ject. Hoyle was born in 1672, ana for about ten years of from 1735 to 1745—he taught whistas a rofession and charged a guinea a lesson. In vember, 1742, Hoyle issued his first book on the game; itwas called *‘Short Treatise.” Inside of one year five editions were published s0ld. Hoyle died in Welbank street, Cavendisn square, London, August 27,17 aged 97. teenth edition was in the printer's hands. From his first edition we quote the following: HOYLE'S GENERAL RULES FOR BEGINNERS. We ask our readers to carefully observe the following leads and note how few there are that differ trom the leads of 1897. Hoyle starts out by saying: When you lead, begin with the best suit in your band. With king, aa proye he was of his time, Was and queen, knave, four in suit, lead king; witn five in suit, lead knave. With queen, knave, 10, four in suit, lead queen; with five in suit, lead 10. [Note thus d.—Ed.] If you have five of the smallest trumps and not one good cara in other suits, lead & trump (or trump out) With sce, king and three or four small trumps begin with a small one. With ace, king, knave and three small, be- gin with the king. With king, queen and three or four small trumps, begin with a small. With king, queen, 10 and trumps, begin with the king. With queen, knave and iour small, begin “with a small one. With ace, king and two small trumps, begin with a small one. queen and two small trumps, be- | gin with a small one, without going into too migny of the plain suit holdings. This is suffi- to show that the leads were about the 150 years ago as they are now. ny of the pitfalls that whist-players fall o, even gt the present day, were pointed out | by Hoyle, and none of them were so dangerous as_ teading trumps from four without the strength. The deal given below is aken from the first edition of his work. Many of our readers will no doubt recognizo. it. This same deal “occurred in actual play” eboutoncea year. It is like the “sea ser- pent’—i: bobs up its head about so often. It| illustrates the danger of leading trumps from four, eveu with two honors. South'shand izs remerkable one. A quart-major in diamonds, 8 tierce-major in henrts, the sce and king of spedes and four trumps, including king knave. If South leads a trump from -this bolding, and it don’t matier which one, North #nd Souih can be shut out witkous & trick, We have often | At the time of hisdeath the seven- | three small | e | 's Slam Hand A. D. 1742.| | —Q,J [ 0, 10 8,7,6,5,4,3,2 |- ©-9.8,7. 6,54, E 3, bs tramps, South to lead. | The play is a8 viz.; 1f South leads any trump | | the result is the same, but he opens with the | 7. West covers with the 8, aud leads a spade, | which East trumps and leads a trump; what- | ever Soutn puts on West just coversand leads | enother spade. West trumps this one, and again leads trumps. West covers whatever | uth puts on, then leads the best tramp and | | briogsin all his remaining spades, making & siem. This deal probably never came in ac- 1al play. but it shows the possibiiities and it | dates back 150 years. | A “Flute Hand.” | While we were up at Sacramento, a week or two ago, 10 attend the opening meeting of the youngest and largest whist club on the Pacific | Const, we listened to & very intererting talk from Frank Miller, one of the whist enthusi- | | asts of the capital city. Mr. Miller was very entertaining, and gave a description of several | | innovations in the gAme that “Cavendish” | | never dreamed of, and even Hamilton omitted | in hissecond edition of “Modern Scientific | | Whist.”” After giving his hearers a descrip- | tion of several kinds of hands, such as siam, Yarborough, Pat, piano, full, flushes, and bands without s trump, and hanas with 9 | | “spot” high, etc., all of which we knewa | little some hing about, he stated the prettiest | if not the most peculiar hand he ever heid— | at a whist table—was what President Mott | | called a “flute hand.” This was a corker, or | 50 to speak. We once filled in the middle, but we | couldn’t “*draw” the inference of what a flute | hxd 0 do with & whist hand. He was asked | to explain. “Well,” he said, “‘when I hola | this kind of ' hand it always put me in mind | of Patrick when he first came over. He w just after coming off the ship, when they passed a Chinese laundry, and on the front door was a big red poster with the usual quaint characters, straight and crooked lines, dots &nd dashes, etc., and his wife i ‘Patrick, what is that on the door-can you raid it? ‘No, darlin’, he says, ‘I can’t raid | | it, but if I had me flute here I could play it.’ " | John T. Mitchell's New Whist Work. [ | A few weeks ago we gave & short mention of | & mew whist book that just came from the press. A. R. Melcalle, one of the leading whist experis of Chicago, says in an article to the Chicsgo Inter Ocean that Mitchell's new work is o weicome end much-needed contri- bution o modern whist literature, In style it is vigorous and concise, and, ae In | all the writings of this author, there is néver | any ambiguity o question as {o bis position on any point at issue. The most important feature of the book is | | ing to have a series of games to establish in- | other member. | tleman and once against each lady, and an individual record preserved, a schedule will | pages, but are given very clearly and willbe | that giving Mmethods of play for every kind of | phia. duplicate whist for any number of players. | In this the work cannot be too highly praised. Interciub, progressive, single-table, Whitfield | and Howell progressive, ladies and gentle- men’s, und team schedules are given fuily and clearly, leaving apparently nothing in this line to e added or desired. To all clubs where whist is played, and to all families fond of the king of games, this partof lhe‘ work is of the greatest value. For instance, & club of forty members desir- dtvidual records, by reference to this book can | once find a schedule which will bring each member once with and twice againstevery Or, with a party of eight ladies and eight gentlemen, where it is de- sired that each lady play onee with each gen- | be found which will enable them to accom- | plish their purpose without trouble or loss of time. Leads and inferences of modern whist are condensed by the anthor into some thirty found very useful by students of the game. A | new system of leads, reconciling some of the opposite schools of the day, is also saggested by the author, and is referred for considers tion to the whist experts of the country. The | most important changes consist of the lead of | king, from king, queen and three or more, and | of the fourth best from ace and any number of | small cards. i The first proposition will not probably meet | with sericus opposition, but it is: doubtful whether the low leed irom ace and wmore than four small cards will be considered tenable. In addition to the features above mentioned the work contains & brief but interesting his- torical sketch, the laws of whist and a pro- gramme for congresses. There is also a draft of by-laws for whist clubs, modeled closely after those of the Chicago Whist Ciub, one of the most successful organizations in the country. Pmerican Whist League Jrophy. | This beautiful trophy wiil decorate lhey rooms of the Hamiiton Club for all time to come. The Brooklyn Eagle says: The Hamilton Club of Philadelphia in defeating the New | Jersey Whist Club Saturday became the per- manent holders of the challenge trophy of the American Whist League, having won it twenty times. Of the other clubs who anccessiully compeied for it the Albany Club had 11, St. Paul 5, Mioneapolis 4, Americans of Boston 4, | Narragansett 2;, Park of Plainfield 2, Con- | tinental 2, Capital Bicycle 2, Baltimore 2, New York and Philadelphia each 1. The | players are G. Remak (captain), M. C. Work; E. A. Baliard and F, P. Mogridge. Itisre- ported that the members will now rest on their laurels and not play together as a team again. The sucoess of the Hamilton team i mo | doubt owing to their fine team work. The personnel of the team has not changed in three years. Toseparate or break up such a fine team seems a pity, but a club the size of Hamilton should have several teams of equaily good players. Why not each one of the four captain a new team? The Women's Whist League. In the city of Philadelphia, Thursday, April 29, the Women’s Whist Lesgue was auly formed by the election of the following officers President—Mrs. deiphia. First vice-president —Mrs. J. R. Hawley, Washington, D. C. Second viee-president — Mrs. Clarence W. Brown, Toledo, Ohto. Treasurer—Mrs, Silas W. Pettit, Philadel- T. H. Andrews of Phila- Secretary—Miss Florence C. Greenm, Provi- dence, R. 1. Board of governors—Miss Dallam, Balti- more; Mrs, M. W. Wallace, Brooklyn; Mrs. J. W. Walker, Denver; Mrs. Waldo Adams, Boston; Mrs. Krebs, California; Mrs. 0. W. Potter, Chicago; Miss Biddle, Detroit; Miss Mrs. Elihu Channcey, ew York; Mrs. 0. D. Thompson, Pittsburg; inneapolis, und Viscoun- ashington. The Whist Gongress at Put-In Bay. The To'edo Blade says: L. G, Parker, chair- man of the administration burean for the coming A. W. L. congress to,be held at Put-in Bay pext July, has all preliminaries so well completed that the congress could be he d at a moment's notice. He nhas spent weeks and months getting things into shape, and feels well satified at the outlcok. He will have cherge of all arrangements at the Cougress ex- cept the contests themselves. “In my judgment the coming congress will be the most successful in the history of the league,” said Mr. Parker. “The attendance will be very larze, and the commodious Hotel Victory will be a revelation 0 visiting whis ers. Itisan Ideal spot forsuch & gathering and the directors of the league made no mis- take when they selected Put-in Bay as the place to convene this year.” Any one wanting any information in regard | to how to get to Put-in Bay. or the hotel rates, | etc., should address L. G. Parker, Toledo, Obio. Answers to Queries. We have been asked quite a number of times | what system of play we woula recommend for | team work. We will say we intend shortly to give the systems of piay that are adopted in | severalof the leading clubs in the Esstern | States. We hope that the committee that was Appointed at the last congress will have a report to make at Put-in Bay. If they do not, it will certainly be a misfortune. Let us hope | that the league will have backbone enough to say we believe this or that system is the best, Whistlets. | The new whist club at Sscramento has now on its roll of membership 350 names. An ele- gant suite of rooms has been secured and are now being fitted up. We have been invited to the feast and when these new rooms are dedi- cated we hope to be able to share the joys and comforts of them the opening night aud many & night afterward. Robert L. Fulton, one of the whist enthusi- asts of Reno, Nev., reports whist in a flourish- ing condition up in the Sierras. W. T. Johnson of the Capitol Bicyele Club ot Washington, D. C., accompanied by his wife, is spending 8 few weeks among his_numerous friends in California. Mr.Johuson was the original inventor of the Paine whist tray. All the whist clubs of San Francisco} will give Mr. Johnson s real hearty welcome, Petaluma Downs Santa Rosa. Tne challenge match for the Rideout trophy between the Petaluma Whist Club (holders) and Santa Rosa Whist Club (chatlengers) ook pluce in the rooms of the former last kriday evening, and resulted in a victory for Peta- luma by the score of 26 to 24. Full particulars of the match next week. Vallejo After the Rideout Jrophy. | The following letter from F. J. Waiter, secre- taty of the government committee of the Vallejo Whist Club, will explain itself: VALLEJO, May 1, 1897. P. J. Tormey, President P.C. W. A.—DEAR SIR: | | | The Vallejo Whist Club does hereby enters chailenge for the Riaeout trophy, and if no challenges interfete Saturday, May 22, will be the most convenient day for us. F.J. WALTER, Secretary Gov. Com. 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