John Collinson, Biritch, or Russian Whist (1886)
“ If one hand has no trumps (trumps having been declared) his side, in the case of it scoring honours, adds the value of simple honours to its honour score, or, in the case of the other side scoring honours, the value of simple honours is deducted from the latter's score. ”
John Collinson, Biritch, or Russian Whist (1886)
“ No suggestions as to play may be made by the one standing out (Dummy) to the dealer.A revoke counts the same as at Short Whist, but the exposed hand cannot revoke.A misdeal does not change the deal, but in such cases the cards must be re-shuffled, re-cut, and re-dealt.After each rubber there is a fresh cut for partners.GAMES AND RUBBERS. A game is won by the first side which scores in play 30 points. The honours do not score towards the game.The Rubber consists, as at Short Whist, of two games out of three.SCORING. The odd tricks count as follows:-- If "Biritch" is declared . . . . ”
