Whist

We continue our monthly investigation into Games and Sports in the Sherlock Holmes stories, and in this case, we turn our attention to a card game. Specifically, whist.

 

There aren't too many instances of card games in the Canon, but whist comes up a couple of times. How was it played? We discuss that, and something of a trifle with respect to the game of whist that was discovered in "The Devil's Foot." 

 

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Links / Notes

• This episode: ihose.co/trifles115

• Whist (Wikipedia)

• I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere

• Let's Make a Deal (George Carlin)

• Series: Games & Sports

 

Sponsor

• The Baker Street Journal

 

Music credits

Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra

Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band

Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0