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Seems an odd word, we all know what it means but who coined it first and why?
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Nap stands for 'a tipsters mail bet selection' at a given meeting in horse racing. It is a tipster's most confident bet selection on a specific day and it was derived from Napoleon; a card game.
It is a pick or recommendation as a good bet to win a contest and originates from "to go nap"to make all the points in the french card game napoleon)1st known use 1895.
"lay down" cards........................hard to beat
luvley game NAP..............cant get players now
luvley game NAP..............cant get players now
Its origin actually goes back to the time of the great racehorse, Eclipse.
On the 19th of April 1770 Eclipse, unbeaten in his previous ten races (including three walkovers) was due to race for the King's Plate over three and a half miles at Newmarket.
Eclipse was fully expected to win by all the experts bar one, namely Man On The Spot of the Morning Chronicle who had tipped Diana.
The typesetter at the Chronicle mischievously placed the letters NAP in parentheses adjacent to Man On The Spot's selection.
When questioned by the Editor as to what the word NAP meant the typesetter explained that it was an abbreviation for 'Not A Prayer'.
The Editor, a racing man himself, was amused and allowed it to be printed.
Eclipse bolted up at odds of 1/10 with Diana a distant runner-up.
On the 19th of April 1770 Eclipse, unbeaten in his previous ten races (including three walkovers) was due to race for the King's Plate over three and a half miles at Newmarket.
Eclipse was fully expected to win by all the experts bar one, namely Man On The Spot of the Morning Chronicle who had tipped Diana.
The typesetter at the Chronicle mischievously placed the letters NAP in parentheses adjacent to Man On The Spot's selection.
When questioned by the Editor as to what the word NAP meant the typesetter explained that it was an abbreviation for 'Not A Prayer'.
The Editor, a racing man himself, was amused and allowed it to be printed.
Eclipse bolted up at odds of 1/10 with Diana a distant runner-up.
Agree with mange except in that a Nap hand isn't just hard to beat it's unbeatable as it consists of the top 5 trump cards.
A player with that hand would call "Napoleon" and play his cards in reverse order - ie lowest to highest. I say play his cards but in actual fact he would just lay them face-up on the table and collect his winnings which would be doubled for that hand.
As mange says a lovely game which I unfortunately haven't played for over 30 years now
A player with that hand would call "Napoleon" and play his cards in reverse order - ie lowest to highest. I say play his cards but in actual fact he would just lay them face-up on the table and collect his winnings which would be doubled for that hand.
As mange says a lovely game which I unfortunately haven't played for over 30 years now
THE WORD NAP COMES FROM A NORTH EAST BOOKMAKER WHO TRADES BY THE NAME OF NAPPER,RENOWNED FOR GOING WITH AND BACKING FAVS!
I remember my dad telling me nigh on 40 years ago that NB stood for note well which was the translation from Latin for Nota Bene, I would think today 99.9% of people just think it means next best which is usually does in most cases anyway.
The term nap when used in horse racing originates from when newspapers used to call there best selection the NAP selection. Newspapers dont actually use pros to do the pick and it is a task below journalists so they used to get the work apprentice boy to pick random horse names and print then as tips. Whichever the apprentice thought had the best chance would get the abbreviation NAP next to it, it stands for Newspaper Apprentice Pick. NAP
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