The sun., 1896-10-11
the injury done him by the very decided e1.

the injury done him by, the very decided ex.
preston OF desire for lead OF trumps
be written on one aide of the paper only and
each paragraph should be preceded by the num-
bic the committee TO classify the various sug-
| gestions without rewriting them Letters may
be sent to any member of the committee whose
| names and addresses are as follows: Robert III.
| Weems. go Lincoln place. Brooklyn, n. y;
Gus ltemak, Jr, I2o south sixth street, Phila-
| Chicago. ill; c. Nj. Paine. 2s Chamber of Com
mtrcc. Milwaukee,, Wis; II. j. Tormey, eoo
| Sutter street. San Francisco, Cal
orr PROBLEMS.
Some correspondents think they should have
| been notified that there was more than one solu-
| tion TO the problem published on sept 20. In
| TuE SUN OF March it was distinctly stated
| that when more than one solution is possible,
| all should be given, n order TO show that the
Convent Avenue" suggests that in the prob.
lem OF Sept. H. IL w should discard tbs lia-
mond king on SIS second lead of trumps. \
would then be good for trick.
In the probe EN- given on sept. % the slam was
actually made by N'S leading the singleton;
brought about. provided w persists III trump
ing the clubs second hand. Some snvcrs while
giving this persistent trumping as the only nos.
sihle solution, insisted that 1t was not good
whist. With this view 1t Is hard to agree, IL
w refuses 20 trump he must throw away card
which is as good as an ace; and it. is absurd 10
hold the losing trunps to make the winning
cards, and MT the same time to throw the win
ming cards away. Every time that w s over
trumpcd It becomes more improbU BILE that y
can overtrump him again. the odds against Ms
holding the exact tonace over w five times in
succession being something enormous. One
solver insists that IL the game was whist. and
not dummy. the only correct lead from N's hand
was the trump. because ho had five. AID because
Pole says
for further dummy uroblcms OF iifty-t w cards.
such problems should certainly be both useill
and Interesting 10 the lOng-suit PLAYER vino be-
lieves that the usc of ventlOnalituS for tho
sole purpose OF giving information teids to
make the game more scientific. Az Drnyson
says, IL is very desirable In n scientific game
first to collect facts, and then to on them;
and he suggests that the giving Of information
puts the partner in possession of facts which
will enable him Ia reason nnt the best method of
trick winning. "Cavendlsh' says he would like
il he could do so without having them
called hY the advcrsaries, 50 as To inform
hs partner OF the exact contents OF
hs hand. Many persons imag ne that ii the lr-
formation school could carry its henries to their
partners. and their adversaries. too. of course.
ot every card in Their hand the game would
thereby he improved. Such result would sim
ply change the game TO double dummy. Tho
question then naturally arscS. can the persons
who eager 10 give and receive tn y in for
can they avail themselves Of the Information
when they have received il
swcr. ,oa Few problems in double dummy with
al! iitty-two cards. II must he borno in mind
that in .ovns such pr Slems Eny card once
no experimenting by following one line Of play
for a few tricks, and then taking the cards back
to try another such a course would not h. nor
mitted at the whist table. no matter how murn
infurmatro on your partner had given you. THE
Sun submits pi oblem TO its readers. and would
like to know how many persons can win tho
game with the Il and W hands, without having
toH>k va ) to give them a second trial.
Hearts are trnmps. ana y is To lead +. and w
want three by cards to win the game. and they
must make thcse nine tricks against the best
play Of y and :. This i dummy. not whist. md
as all the cards are exposed. ca h side may take
the fullest advantage Of Is knowledge of the
location OF the cards in each hand.