| |2|||1| |||1| |||2| |||X|X|||X |X |
| ------------------+-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++--+--|
| Green | | ||| |3|||1| |||1| ||| |1||| |2 |
| ------------------+-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++--+--|
| King | | ||| |3|||1| |||1| |||3| |||4 | |
| ------------------+-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++--+--|
| | | ||| | ||| | ||| | ||| | ||| | |
| ------------------+-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++--+--|
| | | ||| | ||| | ||| | ||| | ||| | |
| ------------------+-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++--+--|
| | | ||| | ||| | ||| | ||| | ||| | |
| ------------------+-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++--+--|
| | | ||| | ||| | ||| | ||| | ||| | |
| ------------------+-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++--+--|
| | | ||| | ||| | ||| | ||| | ||| | |
| ------------------+-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++--+--|
| | | ||| | ||| | ||| | ||| | ||| | |
| ------------------+-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++-+-+++--+--|
| TOTAL |4|4|||8|8|||8|8|||8|8|||9|9|||10|10|
---------------------------------------------------------

It is always well to total at the end of each rubber and to note the
size of the rubber. These precautions make it easy to correct mistakes,
should any occur.

XI

THE LAWS

In 1902, some years before Auction had been heard of in the United
States, a number of the best-known clubs of New York, Philadelphia,
Boston, and other cities were represented at a meeting held in New York
for the purpose of drafting a code of Bridge Laws to be used by the
clubs of this country. The so-called "American Laws of Bridge" were
adopted, and duly published. It was then expected that they would be
universally accepted.

In a few months, however, some clubs, including several that had been
represented at the meeting, found that certain penalties of the
"American Laws" were not popular with their members. One club after
another made alterations or adopted its own code, so that the object in
calling the meeting, namely, club uniformity, was soon as far as ever
from being attained. Gradually, however, the various clubs began to
recognize that the Whist Club of New York deserved to be ranked as the
most conservative and representative card-playing organization in the
United States. They realized that it devoted its attenti