had to be given strictly in the Spanish form, which was, in this
case, Yo Gano, si se puede.

Ombre, to win the stake, must make five tricks; but he can win with
four if the other five are so divided between his antagonists that
one has only three of them, the other only two. If one of the two
defenders of the stakes, playing against Ombre, does not feel almost
sure that he can win at least three tricks, with a chance of the
fourth, he should win one, and try to avoid winning more, but help
whatever chance his partner seems to have of winning four, because
Ombre wins with four when each of the other players has won less
than four.

If Ombre lose he is said to be Beasted. Whoever loses is said to be
Beasted. Whoever is Beasted has to pay to the board counters of the
value of what the Ombre takes up if he wins. When players were
beasted for revokes and other oversights in play, the fines were
heavy upon carelessness.

At the end of the game tricks are counted. When Ombre wins he takes
the stakes; when he loses the two opponents will divide the stakes
between them, unless one of them should have taken more tricks than
the Ombre, in which case that one is said to have won Codille.
Whoever wins Codille takes all the stake the Ombre played for. For
this reason it was not thought creditable for any one to call Gano
who had four tricks in his hand, as by so doing he would only be
inducing the other player against Ombre to give up to him his half
of the winnings. Each player against the Ombre aims at Codille when
he thinks it within reach, but in that case it used to be held very
bad manners to win by calling Gano. When one of the players against