The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06

fnlbuelpnla Win seven trlcRS.
Trick ]. Instead of accomplishing anything
by leading the suit containing a single honor. A
simply establishes 1t against himself, and never
Trick 2. With no card of reentry for his own
suit, and the eommand OF his partners suit
to lead trumps, even with five. This is prac-
tically q confession that he is not strong enough
long suit I at ali The lead of the club iiS%dt on fbnIs
disadvantageous; 1t Is leading away from IA
minor tenace, and 70 is a play which you are
AFRAID TO support with a trump attack, although
If 3 had led the top diamond at this stage, he
what Y did. led spade king, B would have
spades. b returning the diamond again. This
e G1Rta ana aaYf b p WoaPfd have "A 70 ieSs Z" two SSof fo wl1h 'e Of
trumps.. After that, whether Y led clubs or dia-
remaining for W. This would give A2B ten
tricks; showing that AS error in the opening
l Tea mi. %3e isr h sIS b &, t aiSRPa !. f 81 X tSs h ssm lss ding
avoiding the error Of leading the club suit.
trumps his partners suit shows how little con-
hdence he has in It's value. Even Display of the
king at trick 6 will, not keen him on at trick 9.
from, one containing a single honor, and the
other q good sequence; should haye no difficulty
in making his choice; but II he has no suit pre-
senting an advantageous opening. by what rule
is he 70 choose between those he hast This is
one of the enigmas OF modern whist.
denying that there Is any loss from leading GER
those who have followed the modern develop
ments OF tho game, frankly admit that certain
the loss cannot be helped: the trick.losing com.
,binaions have beer, dealt TO you, and you must
Lend som : They They accept the necessity Of
percentage of the game, and console themselves
with the thought that il is comparatively small,
and may be overcome in two ways: the adver-
saries may make the same opening, or the loss
may Dc offset by the superiority in play which is
The short-suit school, on the other hand. seek
TO classify trick losing leads. and to select those
ognize, in addition TO the two classes already
enumerated, sequences and singlc.honor suits. a
very unlikely TO take a trick under any clrcuin-
stances, but especially ii led up to. They hold
p part s%sH II fI led to Si@ ne and nsii thin K t f%RPiGfr sneEE
leads ccomplish nothing else they prevent part
neT from leading 10 his own DISADVANTAGE.
suits Of two or three cards, none higher than tho
queen; or suits OF four or live, none higher than
the ton. Queen, jack and one small; Jack, ten
and one small; and two'card suits, jack, ten or
That these are not desirable suits to open is
freely admitted, but II IL claimed that long suits
containing single hOnors are still less 20, and
good lead 4 Is The players duty to select that
which will probably result in the smallest
to decide VIVA" these combinations are. and
sbonId W. what t., prsi,Ss circumstance they
may be made in accordance With the
best experience. the result in many hands
may be unfortunate, and this may be brought
about by several different causes. A person
may have in his hand two suits, TO lead from
one OF which is admitted TO be undesirable, while
the lead from the other is considered excellent;
yet ia that particular hand IL may turn out that
the less desirable lead would produce the best
result. A player may lind the same misfor-
tune 10 follow him through a long series OF
hands, and perhaps to lose him an important
match, and may conclude that the whole thing
is a mistake and that his theory is all wrong.
IL is frequently very difficult 20 tell. without
careful analysis, whether the loss ON any given
hand iBdue to theopening or TO the continuation,
and the one may be blamei for what is really
duo 10 the other. A PLAYER may lead correctly.
but may lose his advantage or fail 70 hold his