BRIDGE OF SIGHS 



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BRIDGEPORT 



3, nine; if no trumps, ten. In the bid- 

 ding, therefore, a bid of "one heart" is higher 

 than one diamond, but a bid of "two dia- 

 monds" (fourteen points) is higher than "one 

 heart" (eight points). Any bid for a higher 

 number of tricks takes precedence, even though 

 the value of the bid is the same; for example, 

 "four clubs" (twenty-four) is better than 

 "three hearts" (also twenty-four). A bid of 

 one heart signifies that the bidder, if the bid 

 is not raised, makes hearts trumps and under- 

 takes to win one trick more than six. If he 

 is successful he scores not merely what he bid 

 but all he makes; for example, if he bids one 

 heart and takes ten tricks, or four more than 

 six, he scores four times eight, or thirty-two. 

 If he fails to fulfil his contract the opposing 

 side adds fifty points to its honor score for 

 each trick which the declarant loses. For ex- 

 ample, if the declarant bids "two hearts" he 

 undertakes two more than six, or eight, tricks; 

 if he succeeds in taking only six tricks in all, 

 he has taken two less than his contract, and 

 the opponents add twice fifty or 100 points to 

 their honor score. The additions to the game 

 score are made only when the side which has 

 declared the trump has fulfilled its contract. 



Honors. The rule for honors in auction 

 bridge is the same as given above for ordinary 

 bridge. The same cards are counted for hon- 

 ors, but as the value of the tricks is different, 

 the value of the honors is changed. A grand 

 slam in auction bridge adds 100 to the honor 

 score, and a little slam adds 50. The winning 

 side in a rubber adds 250 to its honor score. 

 Doubling, as in ordinary bridge, does not af- 

 fect the value of honors or either slam. 



Other Varieties. Bridge, either regular or 

 auction, may also be played by two or three 

 people. In every case, however, four hands 

 are dealt. In two-handed bridge, or double- 

 dummy, each player plays two hands, his own 

 and his dummy's. In three-handed bridge the 

 players alternate in playing with the dummy, 

 but in three-handed auction they bid for the 

 privilege, and the two unsuccessful bidders 

 become partners for that deal. Points are 

 scored in the same way as in the other forms, 

 but in three-handed bridge, each player has an 

 individual score. W.F.Z. 



Consult Elwell on Auction Bridge; Elwell on 

 Bridge; Foster's Complete Bridge; Dalton's 

 Complete Bridge; Dalton's Auction Bridge. 



BRIDGE OF SIGHS, a beautiful bridge in 

 Venice spanning the canal between the Doge's 

 Palace and the state prison, so named because 



prisoners passed over it from the hall of judg- 

 ment to the place of execution. It was built 

 in the closing years of the sixteenth century 

 by Antonio Contino, who was also the builder 



I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs ; 

 A palace and a prison on each hand. 



BYRON : Childe Harold. 



of the famous Rialto Bridge and was therefore 

 known as "Antonio of the Bridge." The Bridge 

 of Sighs, about whose name much sentiment 

 has circled, is a lofty structure, arched at the 

 top and closed at the sides. It contains two 

 separate passages; through one of these pris- 

 oners passed to the palace, and through the 

 other were led back to the prison. 



Bridge of Sighs is also applied to a covered 

 passage-way in New York City between the 

 Tombs and the Criminal Courts Building. 



BRIDGEPORT, CONN., one of the county 

 seats of Fairfield County, ranking among the 

 chief manufacturing cities of the state, and 

 the second city in size, following New Haven. 

 Its population was 102,054 in 1910 and. 118,434 

 in 1915. Bridgeport is located in the south- 

 western part of the state, on Bridgeport har- 

 bor, a small inlet of Long Island Sound, at the 

 mouth of the Pequonnock River. New York 

 is fifty-eight miles southwest. Excellent trans- 

 portation facilities are afforded by the New 

 York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. There 

 are also steamer lines to New York, Boston 

 and cities of the Sound. The fine transporta- 

 tion facilities make the city the home of many 

 people whose business interests are in New 

 York. The area is about fourteen and one- 

 half square miles. 



