On Apr 23, 10:58=EF=BF=BDam, rita.c...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 22, 3:00=EF=BF=BDpm, gaze...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > In article
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> > Andrew B. <bull...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >On 22 Apr, 10:05, John Hall <nospam_no...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> In article
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> > >> =EF=BF=BDrita.c...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >> >In the 70s my partner's ex-father-in-law had a book of bridge
storie=
s/
> > >> >anecdotes which he had hoped to be given when XFIL went to join
the
> > >> >great bridge game in the sky. Sadly it had disappeared.
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> > >> >One story from the 30s, at the height of bridge mania, was about a
m=
an
> > >> >who found himself in court for shooting at his wife =EF=BF=BDat a
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idge
> > >> >competition. (Non fatally, I assume) =EF=BF=BDThe judge who was
also=
an avid
> > >> >player, asked what cards they were holding at the time of the
offenc=
e,
> > >> >and what the bidding had been. =EF=BF=BDHe was appalled at the
wife'=
s poor
> > >> >bidding which he judged to have provoked her husband and he
dismisse=
d
> > >> >the case. =EF=BF=BDI know, probably urban myth!
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> > >> No, it's quite true. It's known as the Bennett murder case.
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> > >Except it was Mr Bennett who was shot, and Mrs Bennett wasn't
actually
> > >acquitted because his play/bidding was so poor, but because it was
> > >deemed to be accidental.
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> > I assumed (and continue to do so) that we are talking about different
> > things. =EF=BF=BDBesides the genders being reversed, there's not much
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> > between OP's description and the Bennett case. =EF=BF=BDHe must be
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> Thanks to all who replied. =EF=BF=BDI have been entertained and
informed.
> What you say about the Bennett case and the anomalies in OF's telling
> of the story would certainly fit with his tendency to "improve" a tale
> to fit his own liking! =EF=BF=BD I'm going to try "The Bridge Player's
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Watch out - I checked on-line and there are three books with that
title.
The one that you want is be Hervey.
If it is any help, chapter titles are:
1. Brief history of the pack
2. Before bridge
3. Naming the game
4. Seventy years of bridge
5 A bridge player's vocabulary
6. On being dealt a suit each
7. Gamblers all
8. The professionals among us
9. A gift of the gods
10. On psychology
11. Lady luck plays a part
12. Some matters of convention
13. The coffee-house
14. Sensational deals
The Bennett case is mentioned in the last chapter
Dave Flower
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