Eric Leong wrote
>On Apr 22, 1:31 am, rita.c...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>> In the 70s my partner's ex-father-in-law had a book of bridge stories/
>> anecdotes which he had hoped to be given when XFIL went to join the
>> great bridge game in the sky. Sadly it had disappeared.
>>
>> One story from the 30s, at the height of bridge mania, was about a man
>> who found himself in court for shooting at his wife at a bridge
>> competition. (Non fatally, I assume) The judge who was also an avid
>> player, asked what cards they were holding at the time of the offence,
>> and what the bidding had been. He was appalled at the wife's poor
>> bidding which he judged to have provoked her husband and he dismissed
>> the case. I know, probably urban myth!
>>
>> I would like to get hold of a copy of the book for my old fella, for
>> an "o,no!" birthday, if only to be spared the re-telling of the story
>> again and again and again. I might not get such an understanding
>> judge.
>
>I think you are talking about the book:
>
>The Walk of the Oysters: An Unholy History of Contract Bridge
>by Rex Mackey (Author)
>
>You can buy the book used on Amazon.com.
I assume it cannot be the Walk of the Oysters because his description
is *so* different form the Bennett murder case as described therein.
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