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A-B get seven tricks. a gain of six.

Trick 2. AS lead for the second trick is an
other example OF the suicidal policy which was
three years ago. a goes right UP to the whole
spade suit in tho hands of the enemy, making it
them. He also finds Thorn with Ave trumps to
the X J 10 to defend it. and the ace queen of
S Sra Mn u bv 1F Ge1r II IN hu ln'g iS eI bis nyya ms cRe ~ 'G xhsf
would inevitably happen when short suits were
led-the aoversaries would go to trumps at once
and would never lead the long suit held by the
player who opened the short suit. Bum in.
ferrod from this that the short-suiter would lose
about six tricks, instead Of which 1t appears
that the contrary is often the case. as in the
present Instance. The fsllacy OF the long suffers
ure to soc that II tho ndversaries have a long
and strong suit and strength enough to defend
it. they will make it in any case. no matter what
Trick 3; OF course Y knows that tho 9 Of
spades is the TOP OF nothing, and that the whole
strong trumps and the ace OF clubs for re.entry,
the trump lead follows as a matter OF course. in
spite of the declared adverse strength In dia-
Trick 4. A has found out all that he wanted to
know, which Is that his partner cannot help him
to defend or bring in the diamonds 80 he pro-
the best chance for any moro tricks Is that Il
can oyertrump ! and then let A run a spade.
trick, because il A has the club King and makes
the long diamond. Y cannot prevent 1t; but il u
TICK. q, Of cour leaI plays the k MnTs se oyHri 3and'
AS he can count Il for two spades and only one
club. II that club IL the ace, BIS play makes no
difference. but z must not he allowed to get into
the lead with anything esS than the ace OF clubs.
OUR PROBLEMS.
The solution of the problem published June 5
is for y to lead two rounds of trumps, beginning
with the best SO AS TO retain the lead. On the
second round > discards the 8 OF diamonds, and
n then puts him In with a spade. The %continu-
alton depends on the previous discards OF e and
w. II w has only one club left. S leads the
must lead the ton club. II both y and W have
the club. II both + and W have one club and
two diamonds, ) may lead either Of his clubs,
loving: NJ, A. Everitt. J. F, c. Hartford. A, e.
Hough, W. d. Walker, Caroline T. Hull. Evans.
I; \. Norris: 4. story. G; H. J. TORONTO, G. +.
lem seems TO have heon too much for, the ma,
jority OF our %solvcrs, ms more than n hundred
incorrect solutions were received.
CLUB NOTES.
The Whist Club of New York brought its
duplicate season 10 an end on Thursday last. g.
4. Henriquos heinE in first, place, with J. A.
S~patIord and A. E., Taylor close up. The team
that will represent the club at the Congress will
be: Elwell, Taylor, Newman. and Faber. They
will probably go into the trials for the Hamilton
the A. w. L. matches In the evenings. Capt.
ElWell seems to agree with the sentiment on
pressed SO strongly at the last Congress, that
the A. w. L. ia a better event than tho Hamilton.
Those who are studying up on the other
follow s system, so as TO be ready for all Kinds
OF stunts at the coming congress, will he inter
sense in Whist" which Is Just out. and gives in
book form the general principles which have
three years, The system OF play. outlined in
this work is based upon the entire hand. not on
one suit, and proceeds on the novel principle OF
and then showing how . player may indicate "a
his pArtner how closely his hand resembles thai
AOdsl. or how far removed from It 1t Il.