The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04

A-B make three tricks only.
Trick l. In this instance Y covers with the
imper.ect, f9urchcttc, which will give him tho
guarded kings IL changes suits.
Trick =. p saw nothing better. than to con:
tinue the clubs. both his other suits being bad
ones to open. II does not play the best club
second hand. because no is rinessing against one
have a very bad hand to lead away from X tho
jack should win the trick. .,
the clubs, and with his own protection in the
other suits AID A bidding for a run, leads
trumps at once. 4 keeps the diamond in case
and y keeps the small club for the same reason.
Trick l.. Z covers the diamond with the jack
king, and that he is trying to "sniggfe"a trick
with tho eight. The fact that b played the
ace 10 win the queen Is no evidence that he did
not hold the King also.
~CoMMoNsESsE WHIST.
II has been repeatedly pointed out by THE
Sun that there were q great many persons in
the cominOn-scnse same. while, as u matter OF
fact, they were simply trying to get back to the
amount OF experience the better class of players
discover their mistake. and get down to the truo
principles of leading tho top of weak suits; They
have reached the transition stage in Toledo.
where they seem TO have been playing some CO.
as-yOu-please guerrilla game OF their own lately.
Il ono may judge from the following paragraph
Those Of the Toledo contingent OF whist play.
ers who have been disposed to wander of in
pursuit of the now methods so rampant in whist
circles during the past year, have nearly all re-
turned 70 the Original, old style, plain long suit.
Howell openingg' have few, il, any. followers
left. while Fosters short tactics have generally
class OF whist players IL Is now only IN rare
cases that a forced or short-suit opening Is
chosen, and then only when there is no regular
opening which would be wise to make. In other
words, tits only used az the lesser of two evils
Short suits never were led by common-sense
playGr5. except when there is no other opening
players have been in the habit OF selecting tho
greater instead or the lesser OF Two evils for their
agraph would lead US TO believe. it is no wonder
that such tactics have T" few, 81 any, followcrs
left" Whatever Howell and Foster may have
been guilty OF. It 10 very certain that neither OF
them ever recommended "a whist player TO sc!cct
the greater of two evils"
OUR PROBLEMS.
The key TO the problem Of March 81 is to make
Nwin n trick in clubs and to keep ) from getting
into tho lead at a critical time. y leads truinps,
f. plays king, which $ wins, and returns diamond
queen, W carefully avoiding covering with the
King, $ now leads tho trump. which brings on
+ and We difficulties at once. r wins 1t. and
being to make " win this trick. y leads trumps
again, and S leads u small diamond, w passes.
and f trnmps. J. then leads, club ace and ten,
Wit TSi mi sPEg The f ssS9nd S91 to d,s "nd coming 70 b SIs.
cards n spade, " leads spade queen, II y covers,
+ wins and returns 1t, forcing y to lead to VS.
diamond king.
will not prevent f ard w from bringing about
the same result.
Attrirk 3 S can lead another diamond, where
upon 4 will lead a ANAL spade and \ vii! have
No one got this Just right, Strange to say,
none OF our solyers saw tho lead OF tho trump at
trick $, except one who forgot to make h win
the trick, and so went wrong.
How many tricks can y and & get out Of tho
following cards. hearts trumps, and n to leHdi