Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-06-18


led from. Considering the simplicity of
the system IL Is q matter of surprise that
people see complications IN it. As the
late .luines Clay remarks in his short
WHIST Whist Is a language and every
card played an inteligible sentence
and the best whist player is be- who
plays the game IN the simplest and most
iutelligible way Matthews, who, az /
have already told you. wrote ON whist
Tong before Clay. says: Where the sets
are really good players before half the
cards are played out; they are ns well
acquainted with the material ONES re-
manning in each others bands as If they
had seen them. Whore two regular
players are matched against two If.
regular ones. 1t is nearly the same adj
vantage as If they were permitted to
see each Others cards, while the Inter
were denied the samc privilege
when such eminent authorities pro.
nOunce so strongly in favor Of giving
information to partners. and when such
an easy method Of imparting this In.
formation rs is afforded by American
Leads is nt command. he must be- either
u very bold man or very stupid one
II he fails to learn aud TO take advantage
OF such a scheme
The Introduction Of what is known az
the "prnulumut lead" by "Cayendish"
led, as all whist players know, to the
maxim OF American leads. and so on
To other rc1ucmeuts which hnvr since
come lu tue front from time tu time
The first letters of Mr. Trist ON the
subject of American Leads appeared
Ia 1881 In the London Field. the princi
pal sp9rlsmen.s not sporting journal
of England. They caused much liscus.
sion which "Cayeudish" has called the
Battle Of the l'cnnllimatc." Old fash
Toned players objected strongly to what
they termed the ''inuuynuous"
Mr. Irlst desired To Introduce. 'nnd,"
SAID "Caycndish,' IN speaking Of them.
those players will 10 down To their
graves with nm unchanged faith but
the more Intelligent Of Tie younger nnv.
Srs nave tor the most part admitted the
tho Sdy1nce 4, the "' sccnt,, iaAi,ns ana
of the game of whist Iun tn tl U,u' ''''r
tho serions aitsntion - rs a,,lIttl,'v
and after rarrfnliv n%,p,ini,,,. 'uu'sIi'
wrote s,riss nf srtirI"s In H. iH,hIii nu
The subject In ibis cn,,',,.,j,.., 'v'' 80. On
not dn bett,r tban o,,,t.. NJ ~ NV,
own ,vor,ls In Iinrpir's l'N'
March. 1871 In nm ort;ri,7 ". .n,i,i' vi
,Amerirnn o,Is ,+ WI. SN ~,
History " Ia Says "'rbnt "iu iMulV
indhiiu, si,,,in,s i,irs.ic -" uV ~,
snerastiWg o,,,e i,nn,.,, ~ - WilS
,sarSa s,1,,,.. t' ''i.'' '''v"S ~ lue
fnet inJig"r,,,',' ~, ,'i'',ut ", per
Ma noij no, ,I su,, Ky 'ouseIlntlNeS,
his ,riirl,g. i,,9 i ,9h 10
rltrrI I'M L.' n,.,",,ioI fs.''i Hey ue'
onn ,iIi I''"s nT l.",nueu 10 Eve ny "nn.
Ge %e,,i,,l,ii Nls'rIyln I-'nuS'
NJ, T., u ,r,,, ~ N'N'slpn vi pla}ers rose
nien NJ g '''s 's''n9' '"' p'oi"Seu improve
i,u, .,-.,..... r.,,.,
ova,,,nom,ss .,iI'E Ioh9WeI, ana
n e,..tl,,,.E aNen lili ia ms INST
II ~ Mn4le lneSuuR' anu WIN MS
U;nIIap' ,,.Ii nanlt o, looSng ~ both
i'o'.,,, Nni'c uec'arlhg miulseu hrm AT,
,'l,iyt ,os. tn' pIlin''ipes OF advanced
Mhn,,.' iett u 70 MS reauers 10 choose
O''"uvu lhe olu anu lne new systems
THE tNBlOCKlNG GAME,
The unlocking game was briefly OK.
planned by mo "a foIloWs bv .C,ycn
dish