Daily Yellowstone journal., 1890-02-16
OBSERVATIONS ON WHIST.
How a salt Can BE Biuckeh aud u Game
Lost Through I~naiicntiou.

The hands are as follows: A, Il, q,
~, q, ihcar's. $ diamonds, IN, o, So . clubs,
kn spades ia, ;, 3 hearts, On, In, 10, d, b
diamonds, Il, 6 clubs, 3, 3. 3 spades. C-s,
Z hearts, a. :, 1, 3 diamonds, a, ! clubs, X,
q, 8, I, q spades .D-kn, 2 hearts, K, ., =
diamonds, Eu, 10, 3, , clubs, a 10, 1, =
spades, Seven clubs turned IN by A.
Round &c Il 5. b 3 5, d = 5, \ kn s. c
leads from his longest suit. As it is headed
10y K mud q, he leads L in order 10 draw out
a If ii is in opponents hanL a wants
trumps led, but rs he only has the In spades
he will not Ice able To give the signal.
Round &C , d, b 10 d, DIX d, Asd. c,
pcrceivnS that \ plays In OF spades on his L,
and knowing that his partner has a, dccidcs
10 change the suit, as the probability is tia.
4 has no more spades, or Is signaling for
trumns. u PLAYS the lowest of a sequence
second hand. \ is still not nhlo To convey t.
his partner that le wants trumps led, rs be
has but one diamond.
llounl 3-D9 81, A IA, Cad, Bad d re-
turns his partners lead. A, Who has not
more diamonds, passes the trick, as he does
not ear To- hr forced, and he knows thai tni,
will nisp convey the information 10 b that he
Is strong IN trumls.
Round ! e -, B5s, Das. Acc. e i'm
mediately perceiveS that A wants trumps led,
and consequently leads spades IN order TO
force As hand.
Round "a &c, CIc, X c, ID Be. A
now has an opportunity 10 lead trump>,
which h~epromptiy avails himself Of, although
he has been forced, for he knows that neither
of his opponents has more than four. &
passes the trick, although be- might have
taken il with III" nee. HIS ra,nn Tor this is
that he wanis all the Irunps IA b, hand cx-
hausied. 50 that he ran fuTcc A an the third
round, with The probability that q has no
more irumps. uG g urs', ne Is MT absolutely
sure that two rounds Nill exhaust all The
trumls in Bs band. Il, take, ;ni, chance.
Round G-B DC, D5c. \ uc. Cac. D.
returns his parincr's it4l
Round &C a. BSa D -, \ Sc. c
now accomplish, Eis larIuss and breaks up
As irumpS.
Round S-AE h, cfh. B3h, Deb. A
now drops t%ruInls and leads from his long
suit.
Round "a On h, CSh, B5h, ID In h.
Round iO-A "A b, cad, Bgh, II Toe.
Round I'D kn c, Acc, cad, BGd.
Round ED los, AOh. Cos, b In d.
Round l3-Dad. A 10 h, cos. b On d.
Score-A. b. q. {, D.
This Is n very Interesting game. IL shows
two very imp 1rtant points in whist-how u
trump slit eau lee broken up, and now "A suit
can be blucbei through care!essness. A
started out with a clear idea Of just what be
wanted to do. lie had a heart suit headed
by the a, ( aud q, and practically established
at the start. He also had a good trump suit
His aim, therefore, was to exhaust trumps
and then bring in his hearts. But Z was ON
the alert, and after the third round clearly
perceived As plan. In the second round c
did not dare 10 continue his spade lead, for
he was not sure that A was strong in trumps;
aud as A had played the KIN of spades, the in
dication was that he had no more unless he
was calling for trumpsl. c therefore changes
the suit to diamonds.
ID returns this suit and when A passes it C
feels sure that A must be strong in trumps.
He therefore, in the next round, continues
his spade suit and forces AS hand. But the
mistake of the whole game was made by ID In
playing the four If spades in seventh round.
II he had played the ten instead he would
not have blocked his partners suit in twelfth
round and G aud ID would nave made one
more trick. 1t may he urged by some that
d did not know but what b held the nine,
but IL be mad followed the game closely he
would have seen that { opened from "A suit Of
five and must have the two remaining spades.
Tom LANSING.