▁two . ▁▁ ▁He arts ▁itself ▁emer ged ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 0 s , ▁The ▁Standard ▁Ho yle ▁of ▁ 1 8 8 7 ▁reporting ▁that ▁it ▁had ▁only ▁been ▁played ▁there ▁for ▁" the ▁last ▁five ▁years " ▁and ▁was ▁" pro bably ▁of ▁German ▁origin ". ▁It ▁described ▁He arts ▁as ▁" a ▁most ▁pleasant ▁game , ▁highly ▁provoc ative ▁of ▁laugh ter ". ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁no ▁tr ump , ▁trick - t aking ▁game ▁for ▁four ▁players ▁using ▁a ▁full ▁pack ▁of ▁cards , ▁the ▁aim ▁being ▁to ▁avoid ▁taking ▁any ▁hearts ▁in ▁tr icks . ▁The ▁basic ▁format ▁has ▁changed ▁little ▁since . ▁Two ▁scoring ▁variants ▁were ▁mentioned ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁' Double ▁or ▁E agle ▁Game '. ▁The ▁first ▁was ▁the ▁prec ursor ▁to ▁Sp ot ▁He arts ▁where by ▁the ▁cards ▁of ▁the ▁heart ▁suit ▁cost ▁the ▁following ▁in ▁ch ips : ▁A ce ▁ 1 4 , ▁King ▁ 1 3 , ▁Queen ▁ 1 2 , ▁Jack ▁ 1 1 ▁and ▁pip ▁cards ▁their ▁face ▁value . ▁The ▁second ▁scoring ▁scheme ▁was : ▁A ce ▁ 5 , ▁King ▁ 4 , ▁Queen ▁ 3 , ▁Jack ▁ 2 ▁and ▁all ▁pi ps ▁ 1 ▁chip ▁each . ▁ ▁The ▁ ▁was ▁introduced ▁initially ▁in ▁a ▁variant ▁various ly ▁called ▁Dis card ▁He arts ▁or ▁Black ▁Lady ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 ; ▁this ▁has ▁since ▁become ▁the ▁standard ▁game ▁of ▁the ▁He arts ▁group ▁in