Correct contract bridge / by E.V. Shepard ; including the official Laws of contract bridge adopted by the Whist Club, New York, and by all the leading clubs in America.

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GOULASHES
SLIGHTLY differing in details and known by
various local names, "Goulashes" appeared in
Auction Bridge sometime before Contract Bridge
was played in this country, but these unusual deals
never became popular until the advent of the newer
game. Commonly regarded only as a novelty, their
real purpose was to break the monotony of a series
of dull hands by insuring unusual distributions of
cards.
G OU L A S H E S
(Optional)
"Laws Of Contract Bridge," Copyright, I927, by
The Whist Club, New York.
"When all four players pass, no bid having been
made, and the players desire to play a Goulash, the
cards shall be redealt by the same dealer. Before
surrendering his hand, each player shall sort his
cards into suits, arranging the cards in each suit according to value (Law 3). The dealer then places
his cards face down on the table, and each player in
turn, beginning with the player on the right of the
dealer, places his cards face down on top of those
of the preceding player. The cards are then cut
by the player at dealer's right (no shuffling of any
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