THE NEWEST VOCUE, originating in Europe but spreading with enthusiasm in the United States, is five-suit bridge, with an extra suit of "Royali," making 65 cards in the pack and 16 in a hand, and forcing the caller to take a book of eight trices and one trick over as the minimum. Despite its initial popularity, Mr. Ely Culbertson has frowned upon five-suit bridge.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 142, 18 June 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)
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64THE NEWEST VOCUE, originating in Europe but spreading with enthusiasm in the United States, is five-suit bridge, with an extra suit of "Royali," making 65 cards in the pack and 16 in a hand, and forcing the caller to take a book of eight trices and one trick over as the minimum. Despite its initial popularity, Mr. Ely Culbertson has frowned upon five-suit bridge. Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 142, 18 June 1938, Page 4 (Supplement)
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