The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-18


wSsea illustrate this s.ssem Of play are
bT:@isy "a Hnder:
~ ~ first maxim 10. When you OPEN .
e1ss wi.fi small card. lead voar fourth
bess. For example. Il you hold king, six.
ns4. three. lead the three. III Jon hoid
k.sa. sir. i've. three and TWO. stu iced the
tssas, ignoring the smallest card. ara 20
o.. Ssr All suits Whatever number Of small
ceF15s they may contain.
The second maxim IL disputed. but
TIE sule generally gwen II. Nhsn you
ossn . suit With q high card and next
Jsss iov ore Of the same suit. iesd the
fo:segh best Of those remaining in hand
Te.f example, suppose you hold ace. ten,
nins, eight. threr OF plain SUIT, lead
tlss ac~, nna then the three suppose
vssnT suit contains ace. ten, nine, eight.
live aud tao, lead the ace and follow
w:.a the three, ignoring the smallest
easss! as 10 the exAmpls gwen under the
ffss maxim. THIS" he continued. rs.
irs sly opinion. the best mode Of opening
wa~s you hold such suit. bat Mr.. Triss
sIss,ss, il advisable after leading the high
east 70 continue with the original fourth
bess card which. in the above example,
w.essa he tie eight SPOT. In this count
~ rriss ignores any high card which
u:ssy be marked in the leaders hand In
cesnseouenee OF the card frs; led.
fine third maxim Is: When you open
q SAT- with high card and remain with
txss high indifferent cards OF tho same
sg.as. one Of which ron are instructed To
iesd, eou.snne with the higher Of these
tsD CARTS. If yuaf sBis originally con-
tsassrd but four: IL your suit originally
es.s1sined more than four cards, continue
weE; the lower of the two Indifferent, cards
7 ssas Is in order to show your partner
wsssher you have opened suit Of four or
more cards. For example. yon lead queen
r. ss.i a suit containing queen. knaye. ten
ASA one or mors small cards. In order TO
simplify the point. l will suppose that the
ksa and ace are played TO the frst lead.
y 4sSr knave and ten spot are now high In
dsasreBt cards. II you shortly obtain the
Hess. again and continue the suit with the
kassye. yos. remain with the ten and nc
NEST one small card. But II on the second
iss4 you continue with the ten. you re-
nsin With the knave and at least two
o.saals cards.
fae method Of play above described
uasiar the generic terms OF American
Iesssis.' tells your partner what you have
Ie., from. Considering the simplicity Of
Ills system IL - a matter OF surprise that
people see complications i'm II. As the
lss9 James Clay remarks In his short
Whist; Whist Is a language, and every
: casi played an jntelligibie sentence.
as. .ihe best whis. player is he who
pays the game ia the simplest and most
insrisigible way Matthews. who, az
hssa already told you. wrote on whist
lessg before Clay. says: Where the sets
ass really good players, before half the
csys.s are plsyed opt, they are as we'll
acquainted with the material ones re-
nsslsing i'm each Others hands n If they
hsa seen them. When two regular
payers are matched against two ir-
Yss:siar ones. 1t 10 nearly the same adj
vintage as il they were permitted TO
see each Others cards. while the latter
were denied the same privilege
When such eminent authorities pro-
neincc go strongly in favor of giving in
fcsnaiion to partners. and when such an
essy method Of imparting this informa-
tia.. ~ In afforded by American Leads
Is ~ command, he must be either very
hs'Ed man or very stupid one il he fails
Is lcarn and to take advantage OF such
scheme"
The introduction Of what Is known a.
tito "pcnnltimats Lead by "Cavendish,"
le5. ~ all whist PLAYERS know. TO the
fetnsuIation by Mr. Trist OF the first
Hxnim OF American leads. aud so on TO
o$her rcfnements which have since come
81 he front from time to time.
The first letters OF Mr. Trist on the sub
1ees of american Leads" appeared in 1854
ia tao London Field. the Principal sports
nssn's-not sportsng--journalo Of England.
They caused much discussion, which
''9'avcndish" has called the Battle OF the
fenultimatc." Oid-fashioned PLAYERS OBJ
j9e.cd strongly to what they termed the
innovations" Mr. Trist desired to intro
deee. ''and, said "Cavcndisb" in speak
i:ss " them. those players will go down
80 taeir graves with an unchanged faith.
istit the more intelligent Of the younger
players have for the most part admitted
sac beauty of these American maxins and
lie advance in the scientific character of
tie game of whist due to them"
f.st ~e A.
serious attention of ''Cavendish." and
after carefully examining them he wrote .
tfF!es OF articles in tho Field on the sub
lsat, In this connection. can not do bet
Scr than quote Mr.. Trists own words In
Hsspo's Magasiae OF March. 1891. In an
efftcie entitled American Leads at Whist,
atd Their History" he says: That an
aaenown individual signing himself y.
i. I. was suggesting some innovations to
The game seemed 10 be matter OF perfect
indifference To the conservatives who paid
a.'s the slightest attention To his articles:
asls when 'Cavendish' declared that he in
'inded 10 give his unqualified support To
American leads. the medieval division of
;,iayers rose up in arms agains. the pro-
posed Improvements"
4 ,oag controversy followed, and event to-
nily "Cavcniish" IN his whist Develop
pienis" published n full analysis of the
Whole question. and with his Characters
'ie habit of looking at both sides while de-
tlhring himself firm adheren. of tho
f;incipies %. advanced whist lett To his
readers 10 chose between the old and the
trs systems
The unlocking game was briefly ex-
planned Ia me as follows ny "Cavcndish" ::
IL Is the endeavor OF al good players
ef'en leading from strong suit 20 ex-
ta1st that sust from the hands of their
ndyersarics and Ia remain themselves with
@iiat are technically known "a the long
cards of the suit Ii Viii be evident even
IN those who do not play whist that If tho
tf9mrs are exhausted aud the PLAYER with
s4s long cards of his suit obtains the lead
Ee viii Iase "a many tricks IA ae has long
cards. The two and the .hree SPOTS viii
lee as valuable "a the ace and the king
N"w. Il NAV so happen that the leader =
PARTNER Is also strong in the suit orisi-
hegiy led; say. for example. that the at
leader opens sutt consisting Of ace, ten
Rnd three sssa,l cards, aud that his part.
*lqr hold king. queen, knave and deuce o.
gns Soit The lead, of course, Is the ace
isom i've ar more. and the third player
ought 10 know that his partner has led
tsein al least ave cards. Il to the
@ts led hy his partner tho third
layer plays the deuce he blocks
iee sIlt Of which his parl-
HeF had five ar more. and in the
supposed case ot tgumps being cX-
L ssiesi and IT the lead returning IN the
.f'Stnsl player. II is obvious THAI he ana.
rs partner can oniy make three more
't7oSs IN tbat sait. aGg II - the lead -.
lHe axe the th1at hand plays the knase,
sad On 3ne second round plays The queen.
SAD on TIE third n0t Understanding IN At The
sfNt may INC sgUplssvl. pays .Ae king and
remains ~tth the degcu ia his hand he hs :
@as'"N seI aAd h'H PARTNER Vii yin tricks