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.

CONTENTS
PAGE
Foreword............................................................................ 213
Laws of Contract Bridge...................................................215
Players......................................................................... 215
Cards...................................... 215
Rank of Cards.-........ —.... -..... —.215
Rank of Suits in Drawing..........................................216
The Draw......................................................................216
Forming Tables...............................................................216
Members Leaving a Table......................................216
Players Leaving a Table..........................2I7
Drawing for Partners and Deal.........................27
The Shuffle...................................................................218
The Hand.....................................................218
The Cut................................................. 2I9
The Deal.. —..........................219
Cards Touched During Deal...............-................
New Deal (Compulsory)........................22
New Deal (Optional)...................................................22
The Contracting...................-.........221
Bid.........................................................................22
Rank of Bids...2...2.................. 22I
Insufficient Bid...........................222
Impossible Bid................222
Bid or Double Out of Turn........................223
Pass.............................. 223
Pass Out of Turn.............................................. 224
Doubles and Redoubles..............................224
Illegal Declarations...................................225
Changing Declaration..................................................226
Cards Exposed During the Contracting.................226
The Contract................................................................227
The Dummy..............................227
Lead and Play................................................................228
Cards Exposed During Play......................................229
Penalty for Exposed Cards............................. 230