FORTY-FIVE Forty-Five can be played by two or four persons with a pack of fifty-two cards. Five cards are dealt to each player, by twos and threes, or vice versa, and the next card is turned for trump, as at euchre. The deal passes to the left, each player in rotation. The following tables will show the rank of the cards when trumps, or when not

: THE RANK OF THE CARDS WHEN TRUMPS Clubs and Spades Diamonds Hearts Five, Five, Five, Knave, Knave, Knave, Ace of Hearts, Ace of Hearts, Ace, Ace, Ace, King, King, King, Queen, Queen, Queen, Ten, Two, Ten, Three, Nine, Nine, Four, Eight, Eight, Six, Seven, Seven, Seven, Six, Six, Eight, Four, Four, Nine, Three, Three, Ten. 14 in all. Two. 14 in all.Two. 13 in all.

THE RANK OF THE CARDS WHEN NOT TRUMPS
Clubs and Spades Diamonds Hearts King, King, King, Queen, Queen, Queen, Knave, Knave, Knave, Ace, Ten, Ten, Two, Nine, Nine, Three, Eight, Eight, Four, Seven, Seven, Five, Six, Six, Six, Five, Five, Seven, Four, Four, Eight, Three, Three, Nine, Two, Two. 12 in alL Ten. 13 in all. Ace. 13 in all. From these tables it will be observed that the Five is first and the Jack second in rank when trumps, and that the Ace of Hearts is always trump, and ranks as the third best card. The holder of the Five or Knave has the privilege of revoking when it suits him to do so; that is, he may retain the Five or Knave of trumps in hand, although trump be led, and the holder of the Ace of Hearts has also the privilege of revoking from any trump card but the Five or Knave; but in all other cases the players must follow suit when trumps are led, under penalty of forfeiting the game. The largest trump always forces the smaller, as in the game of Spoilt Five; thus the Knave of trumps unguarded must be played upon the Five of trumps. The Ace of Diamonds, which is fourth in order when that suit is trumps, is the lowest when not trumps. The usual rank of the inferior card is reversed in the black suits, the Two being above the Three, the Three above the Four, and so on, the Ten ranking lowest, whether trumps or not. When a lay suit is led, the players must follow suit or trump. The King or Ace, when turned up by the dealer, counts five. Any person holding the King of trumps must, when it comes to his turn to play, lay out a card for it; and if the Ace should not be in play, the trump turned up is his. Should the Ace be out, the turned up trump belongs to its holder, and he who holds the King takes up the card he laid out. This is called "robbing the trump." The lead commences at the eldest hand, and each trick taken counts five. The game consists of forty-five, and the player or players (if partners) first scoring that number, win the stakes.

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