ay then
follow on, as he has a right to do after a stop, with any card he
chooses.

The holder of Spin can play it at any time when either of his other
cards comes in sequence in the progress of the game, or after a stop.
In the former case, the playing of Spin makes it a stop, but it must
be played out with the card which follows on, or the holder loses his
chance of playing it. For instance, suppose clubs are in play, that
the six is the last card, and that the holder of the seven has Spin.
He plays the two cards together, and says, "seven and Spin."
The other competitors then pay him the agreed stake for Spin, and the
game proceeds. If the holder of Spin does not succeed in playing it he
has to pay double to the winner of the game for every card remaining in
his hand.

When one of the players has played all his cards, he becomes the winner,
and the others pay him a stake for each card remaining in their hands.
In addition he takes the amount of the pool set apart for first out.
The winner of the game is also exempt from payment towards the next pool
for Game. If, however, the winner is the next dealer, then he has to
contribute to Matrimony and Intrigue in the ordinary course.

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NEWMARKET.

This is another variation of Pope Joan, or Spin, and is played on
similar lines. The seven of each suit is taken out to form stops,
and four cards are turned up in the middle of the table. These must
be the four principal cards, viz., ace, king, queen, and knave, but of
different suits, so that each of the four are represented in the pool;
say, for example, knave of diamonds, queen of hearts, king of clubs,
and ace of spades may be turned up.

The several players pay a coin or counter to form the first pool, and
may put it on whichever card of the four turned up they choose, provided
that all four are covered. The dealer pays one extra throughout the
game. The whole of the cards are then dealt, as nearly equal as
possible, as for Spin. Play proceeds as in that game, the holder of
the card immediately preceding those in the pool taking the stake upon
it when he plays his card. For this purpose the ace is considered both
as lowest and highest, so that, in the supposed cases given above, the
holders of king of spades, queen of clubs, knave of hearts, and ten of
diamonds become winners of pool stakes on playing out their respective
cards. These would in each case become stops, and the player would
have th