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Title: Auction of To-day

Author: Milton C. Work

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Language: English

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AUCTION OF TO-DAY

by

MILTON C. WORK

Author of "Whist of To-day"

Boston and New York
Houghton Mifflin Company
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1913

Copyright, 1913, by Milton C. Work
All Rights Reserved

Published January 1913

THIS BOOK
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED
TO
THE AUCTION PLAYERS OF THE RACQUET CLUB
OF PHILADELPHIA,
WHO, WHILE OTHERS DOUBTED AND WAITED,
WERE SUFFICIENTLY BROADMINDED AND DISCERNING
TO ADOPT THE "NEW COUNT"
AND WHO, THEREFORE, PLAYED AUCTION OF TO-DAY
MONTHS BEFORE IT WAS IN VOGUE
ELSEWHERE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION xi

I. THE DECLARATION 1

II. ORIGINAL DECLARATIONS BY THE DEALER 15

The Bid of One No-trump.
Table of Hands in which the No-trump Declaration
is Doubtful.
When to bid Two No-trumps.
Exception to the No-trump Rule.
Table of Doubtful Hands illustrating Exception.
Suit Declarations.
Various Ideas of the Two Spade Bid.
The Two Spade Bid.
The Three Spade Bid.
When to bid Two in Either Royals or Hearts.
When to bid Three in Either Royals or Hearts.
The Two Bid in Diamonds or Clubs.
How to declare Two-Suit Hands.
Table of Hands in which a Trump Declaration
is Doubtful.

III. SECOND HAND DECLARATIONS 60

Bidding over One Spade.
When t