The herald., 1895-01-27

only city OF its size and Importance tina,
| the projsct will meet with success.
A CHALLENGE.
Among the more advanced whis
players here are two lotteries OF gentle
mon who have never yet met in mortnl
| com bat. O., q test game. One o.
| these coteries is composed OF Jddgs
| Hendricks, DR.. r. F. Cunningham and
Msssrs. J. X. Urmston, John Mile,
George Sinsabaugh and George A.
Arnold; the other OF Messrs. Foord. DIS
Camp, Merrill, Rudy and others.
The former have proposed several
verbal challenges to the latter, with NO
apparent effect; therefore. at the in
stance Of the parties of the first part
| q. g., Messrs. Urmston. Sinsab augh ct
all, The HERALD takes pleasure in
hereby challenging any six of the 3ar-
ties OF the second part q. g., Messrs.
Foord, De Camp OF al. to a test game OF
"a or 80 boards and return OF duplicate
whist. with or without stakes, a. such
time and place a. the parties OF the acc
ond part may determine.
The above challenge loeks moro fierce
and warliks than it really is. The mo-
tive OF the challengers is simply to
stimulate further sud wider interest In
the game. and the prospect OF more like
invitations Gao but spur all players on
to deeper and more serious study.
THE KING LEADS.
The ace leads were given in this COL
umn last Sunday. with the promise OF
the king leads this week. they will bs
found below, given in MS. Krabs' clear
and concise words.
The king ia led from four or less in
suit. never from more than four, and
indios.es positively the holding OF
either ace or queen, possibly both, or
ace, queen and jack besides the king.
II you hold ACC, king, queen and jack
lead king aud follow with jack, not be-
cause it makes any difference about
taking the trick, but because of the in
formation it gives your partner.
You lead king, all doss not fall; your
partner credits you with it; you follow
with jack, queen does not fall partner
places ace and queen in your hand.
You may then lead trumpB or 20 to
smother suit, he knows ace aud queen
are in your hand.
You lead king and ace falls, your part.
ner knows you have the queen and plays
accordingly. You issd King and ace
does not fall; you then drop your fourth
best because partner should have the
ace.
The king used to be led, il accom- pa
MED by either ace or queen, regard less
OF number, but it was thought that if
the king only indicated four in the suit
1t could say TO partner, you need not
unblock for have only four in my su,t.
Whereas, il there were five, partner
might block the suit. s-
The lead OF the king IL very simple
as you are only taxed to remember that
there are but four in the suit and it
must be acce mpsnied by either ace or
queen, and there are but seven combi.
nations from which it 10 led, as follows:
With ace, king, queen, jack in hand.
lead king, following with jack; ace,
king, queen and ons small, lead king
and follow with queen; ace, king, ack
and one small. lead king; ace. king and
two small, lead king and follow with
ace; king. qussn, jack, ten. lead king,
follow with ten; king, queen, jack and
one small. lead king, follow with jack;
king, queen and two small, lead king,
follow with email.
Next week the queen leads will be
given with their significance regarding
the com biuations held. e, M. @.