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player in what manner he may play his ball. And if it be done, and discovered by the adversary, he may prevent the striker from scoring the points he has made by the stroke. Neither, after a stroke has been played, has anyone a right to detect any error the striker may have committed. |
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RED OR CARAMBOLE WINNING GAME, PLAYED WITH THREE BALIS, TWO WHITE AND ONE RED. |
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The game is sixteen or eighteen in number, formed from winning hazards and caramboles.
There are two methods of playing this game: one by the players striking alternately, in which the number of points is usually 16; the other where the players follow their successful strokes, and then the points are 18 ; the latter mode is now generally used.
The red or carambole winning game is full of variety; and there being so many chances in it, which makes it a game of great uncertainty, the odds are not calculated, but bets are generally laid according to fancy, or to the custom of the table.
1. String for the lead, &c, as in the winning and losing game.
2. The red ball is to be placed on a spot made for the purpose, in the centre, between the stringing nails at the bottom of the table, higher up than in the carambole winning and losing game.
3. After the first striker has played, his adversary is to play next, and so on alternately ; or the |
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