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The Laws and Principles of Whist

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The Trump Card

52. The dealer, when it is his turn to play to the first trick, should take the trump card into his hand; if left on the table after the first trick be turned and quitted, it is liable to be called;18 his partner may at any time remind him of the liability.

53. After the dealer has taken the trump card into his hand, it cannot be asked for;19 a player naming it at any time during the play of that hand is liable to have his highest or lowest trump called.20

54. If the dealer take the trump card into his hand before it is his turn to play, he may be desired to lay it on the table; should he show a wrong card, this card may be called, as also a second, a third, &c., until the trump card be produced.

55. If the dealer declare himself unable to recollect the trump card, his highest or lowest trump may be called at any time during that hand, and, unless it cause him to revoke, must be played; the call may be repeated, but not changed, i.e., from highest to lowest, or vice versâ, until such card is played.

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