The San Francisco call., 1897-06-13

strong you should discard from weakness. but
II he is leading to draw two for one, the con-
troll remaining with the adversaries, you
should discard from your strong suit.
1t may be that you follow every lead OF
trumps but soon after are called upon to
make a discard upon the lead of plain suit
Here your discard should be governed by the
location OF trumps. You should discard from
weakness if the strength is with your partner
and from strength if it is with your ad
versaries.
The statement is often made that you should
be careful not TO unguard high card; also
that you should not discard a singleton when
you need it 10 lead 10 your partner or to con-
ceal weakness.
The hrSt position generally arises when Won
are weak in Irumps and there is nothing to
snow where the strength lies. Your weakness
In trumps makes you hesitate to show YOUR
long suit by unguarding your high card In
unguarding the high card there is danger that
your partner may be fairly strong in trumps
and in that suit, in which case it may be yerv
important that you keep the high card
guarded so that you may have card to re-
turn 10 him in that suit. On the other hand
there Is this danger from discard from your
long suit: Your partner may have only
moderate strength in the suit in which
you are keeping q guard to your high
card, but having fair trump strength.
and reading you strong in that suit, he
may lead trumps for the purpose of making
that suit. OF Course, he will be disappointed
The position in which it is safest to discard
from the long suit in order to keep a guard to
hign card is when lead is with an adyer-
sary, especially with the t-hand adversary
In this case it is quite probable that YOU will
get lead up to your suit unless he has pro-
nounced strength in the other suit. The time
when you refuse to discard a singleton,
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own hand generally comes when the
play is pretty well developed. In one
case you refuse to discard a singleton
which may be valuable in giving your partner
the lead; in another you refuse to discard a
singleton which must disclose your weakness
but which, if kept, will keep the adversaries
in the dark and probably prevent a successful
tinesse. If strength in trumps is declared on
your side you should direct your partner to
your strong suit. regardless of singletons and
guarded high cards.
DISCARD so SHOW COMPLETE COMMAND.
The discards that have been given indicate
only the suit, but if you discard the best care
of the suit 1t shows complete command; the
discard OF second best card shows the alb
senee of the best-generslly nothing remain
ing.
DISCARD TO CALL FOR TRUMPs.
Some players regard the discard of a card
as high as an elgnt as an absolute call for
trumps- In the opinion of the writer it should
not be so reg arded, but only as strong indi-
cation of snch an Inter ton.
DRAYsoN's REVERSE DISCARD.
Occasionally situation arises where the
partner of the trump leader is forced to dis
card from his strong suit Here he should
start reverse discard, and if he gets second
discard complete the signal, This Is my
strong suit" Observe that this play indicates
weakness when made upon an adversary's
trump lead ana strength when made upon
partners lead the reverse of the meaning oi
the usual discard in both situations.
SECOND LEAD OF 1RUMPs FOR PARTNERS DISCARD.
When the partner of the trump leader gets
but one discard upon the leads which ere
necessary 20 exhaust the adversaries it is