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Call-Ace Euchre
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Australia has changed all that. It took Euchre from the United States and remedied its defects, rechristening the game call-the-ace, and giving it back to the world in a new form, elastic, exciting, and above all amusing; but still retaining the quality that has always recommended Euchre to society - the possibility of playing it and thoroughly enjoying it without betting upon it.
Of the history of the Euchre family little is known, and all attempts to discover the origin of the name have failed. Euchre is not a French word, and it is not German. The game is un known in either of those countries, although the names Of the best trumps (bowers) would seem to be a copy of Bauer, one of the German names for a jack. It has been suggested that Euchre might be a corruption of the word Eureka, and that it was originally an exclamation used by those opposed to the maker of the trump when they succeeded in getting three tricks.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Australia has changed all that. It took Euchre from the United States and remedied its defects, rechristening the game call-the-ace, and giving it back to the world in a new form, elastic, exciting, and above all amusing; but still retaining the quality that has always recommended Euchre to society - the possibility of playing it and thoroughly enjoying it without betting upon it.
Of the history of the Euchre family little is known, and all attempts to discover the origin of the name have failed. Euchre is not a French word, and it is not German. The game is un known in either of those countries, although the names Of the best trumps (bowers) would seem to be a copy of Bauer, one of the German names for a jack. It has been suggested that Euchre might be a corruption of the word Eureka, and that it was originally an exclamation used by those opposed to the maker of the trump when they succeeded in getting three tricks.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
75 pages, Hardcover
First published September 27, 2015
About the author
Robert Frederick Foster
151 books7 followersRobert Frederick Foster of New York City, known as R. F. Foster, was a memory training promoter and the prolific writer of more than 50 nonfiction books. He wrote primarily on the rules of play and methods for successful play of card, dice, and board games. Alan Truscott wrote 20 years after his death that Foster "had been one of the great figures in whist and bridge" for 60 years.
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