CRICKET 



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CRICKET 



which he places on the table to form the crib. 

 Court cards all count ten, other cards accord- 

 ing to their pips or spots. 



The non-dealer plays a card, calling its value 

 as he does so-. For example, he may start with 

 the nine of diamonds, saying "nine" as he lays 

 it down. The object is to make a score of 

 sixty-one by means of pairs, sequences and 

 fifteens, or the go. The opponent, when the 

 nine is played, may put down another nine and 

 claim two for a pair, or failing that, he may 

 play a six and claim two points for making 

 fifteen. Whatever card he plays, its value is 

 added to the other cards played until thirty- 

 one is reached or the opponent cannot play 

 without running beyond that number. A 

 sequence consists of a run of three or more 

 cards and one point for each card is claimed. 

 If all the cards in a hand are of one suit a 

 flush is claimed and one point is marked for 

 each card. When all cards have been played 

 the non-dealer counts the points in his hand, 

 counting two for each combination of fifteen, 

 two for each pair, and so on. The turn-up 

 card may be used in any combination, and 

 is added for counting purposes to the cards 

 of each player. The dealer then does the same 

 with his hand, and also with the crib consist- 

 ing of the cards taken out of the two hands. 

 If a knave is turned up after dealing, the 

 dealer claims "two for his heels." If a player 

 holds the knave of the same suit as the turn-up 

 card he claims "one for his nob." Marking 

 is done on a board pierced with two rows of 

 holes for each player. Each double row totals 

 sixty, there being one extra hole at each end 

 of the board called home. F.ST.A. 



Consult Hoyle's Games, for the particular de- 

 tails of the game. 



CRICKET, krick'et, a blackish or brownish 

 insect, about an inch long. Its merry re-teat, 

 re-teat, has been characterized in literature by 

 Burroughs as a "rhythmic beat," by Thoreau 

 as "slumbrous breathing" and as "audible still- 

 ness," by Haw- 

 thorne, who adds, 

 "If moonl ight 

 could be heard it 

 would sound like 

 that." This little 

 insect likes a 

 warm home in 

 the crevices of old-fashioned fireplaces, so it 

 has become associated with the crackling fire 

 and the steaming kettle. Cowper describes its 

 tune as 



"Sounds inharmonious in themselves and harsh. 

 Yet, heard in scenes where peace forever reigns. 

 And only there, please highly for their sake." 



In Dickens' beautiful Christmas tale, The 

 Cricket on the Hearth, one of these chirping 

 creatures sings only when things are running 

 smoothly, but in times of sadness and trouble 

 is silent. 



It is the male cricket which produces sound. 

 A filelike ledge on one wing is rubbed on a 

 rough surface of the other. When it is not call- 

 ing to its mate in that way, the wings are folded 

 along its flat back. Crickets have feelers, or 



....d 



INTERESTING PARTS OF THE CRICKET 

 At left, wing of male cricket, much enlarged ; 

 (a) file, (b) scraper. At right: (c) File; (d) 

 front leg, enlarged, showing ear at d. 



antennae, longer than their own bodies, ordi- 

 narily appearing as in the illustration. During 

 the day they remain in the ground, going forth 

 at night for their plant food. Like grasshop- 

 pers, they leap quickly from place to place. 

 The common, or true, crickets described above 

 include those found throughout America in 

 neglected fields and in old straw, and the house 

 crickets of Europe, which are also common in 

 Canada and in the Northeastern United States. 

 In autumn they lay their eggs in pockets .of 

 the earth, to hatch in the spring. There are 

 other species of crickets which differ in color 

 and form, such as the mole crickets, with legs 

 developed for burrowing, and tree crickets, 

 whose habit of laying eggs in stems of rasp- 

 berry and blackberry plants and in grape vines 

 causes much damage. 



CRICKET, the English national game, popu- 

 lar in Canada and all British possessions, and 

 also played in some parts of the United States. 

 It is of ancient origin, but its present name 

 dates from about 1685. Although it requires 

 much of the skill of baseball, it lacks for 

 Americans many of the attractive features of. 

 that game, and as far as the American spec- 

 tator is concerned it is lacking in interest and 

 excitement. The game is played on green- 

 sward, as level as possible, by two teams, or 



