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Alb get six tricks only.

Alb get ak tricks only.
Trick 1. This interior lead is q part Of the
system used by both teams to show that, al
though the suit led is the best tina the leader
holds. the hand is weak either in trumps or in
play down and OUT having two cards only
OF the suit. neither OF which can possibly be
Trick. B.. reading the club suit as between
in spades and four sTqmps leads the tEumps:
nerto protect the suit. which induces q to hold
Trick 1. B makes the usual fnesse in the
trump suit according to common,sense prin-
clples, so as to win the third round instead OF
1 more s1 sfa%ps. be because ssn F Il 4 had nid h RsIFihfs four io oriE no
would not have started the hand with an in
Trick 5. This is the play which is responsible
for three, OF the four tricks which were lost on
in clubs. and he Is so afraid that 7 win get In
and give 1t to him that he goes In with the ace
second hand without stopping to consider the
out Of the question the common-sense prin-
ciple that you should never attempt to get into
that your partner should be In, as IL is in this
case. 50 that he MAJ go on with the trumps. it
TY held the club king. and could win this
trick. 1t must be the only club that he had. as
he played the ten on the first round. and. there
fore he could not force q, even IL he wanted to.
II Y holds both king and queen, those cards
are good Without any, run on rs part; The
only plSSlDlllIy ~ That 4 udn poeu Attaching
with K 10 small, but It is extremely improba-
BILE that B would lead trumps II he held moth
ing better in clubs than . J. or ] alone, when
his partners original lead had warned him
that he was weak outside the suit Itself.
1t Is a pity that such slips as this should be
the deciding factor in important matches. but
they are excellent object lessons for the stu
dent, Showing how necessary it Is to weigh
carefully all the conditions OF a difficult prob
lem before playing 4 card which may decide
gets In with the queen and draws all the put
1fnnHfn0 n firm q fnnEsaa fhFan fFinka In aln hd
and gives his partner a diamond. nine tricks,
instead of six only.
Trick q. Y having shown weakness in spades.
and z having undoubtedly inessed in that suit.
A must try the diamond as the best chance TO
get his partner Into the lead again.
Trick o: II Is now impossible to prevent "
from making their trumps separately.
The student will observe that the common
sense opening from AS hand is undoubtedly
the trump. which will make nine tricks for
In one deal. No. 80. New Jersey seems to have
gained three tricks through the system Of
discardinR on an adverse trump lead. z dealt
and turned the heart nine.
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AROUND THE WHIST TABLE.
TIE ARLERICAE CLUB STILL RETAINS
THE WHIST LEAGUE TROPHY
AnnIy-is Of Some OF the Games Played with
the New Jersey Team-Ths Play OF One

AnaIyuis Of some OF the Games Played with
the New Jersey TeamLThs Play OF One
or I've Cards Defeated the J~erseymen.
The famous Pyramid team OF tho American
Whist Club Of Boston. Ward. Becker, Messer,
and Perkins. continue to hold the A. W. L.
trophy. although they had a close shave for Il
on Saturday last. when hey PLAYED against the
New Jersey Whist Club four. Otis. Aymar.
Eagles. and Cameron. President Otis gave
THE SuN representative q very interesting ac-
count OF the match. which It appears was any
body's game until the last round was played.
On the first eight deals New Jersey started of
with the lead. gaining two tricks. The second
round was a tie. leaving the challenger still
ahead. On the third round. which finished the
first half. the Americans gained Ave tricks,
putting them three to the good. This lead was
cut down on the next eight deals, leaving them
only one ahead. aud It began 10 look as II New
Jersey would win out. The visitors gained two
on the next round. but at the eleventh hour
the Americans pulled themselves together and
gained six tricks. winning the match by Ave.
New jersey gained on fourteen deals. Ameri-
can on thirteen. and the result practically
hinged on the play OF one or two cards in critl-
cal situations. which made a difference Of three
tricks In each case.
President Otis said that there was practically
no difference in the systems used by the two
teams. except that the Americans used the
Street attachment. while the Jerseymen did
not. Both teams used number-showiug leads
In trumps. but played the non-informatory
game In plain suits. The Americans do not
signal for trumps. and discard from weakness
always, while the Jersey players discard from
strength on an original lead Of trumps from
the adversaries. In the matter OF echoes. Presi-
dent Otis thought that the American gam was
q little weak In playing down with two or four
trumps when the adversaries led them. and
not echoing when they had three exactly. In
their use Of the Street attachment the Ameri-
cans play 1t straight" as published in
p" Whist Up to Date" without any reverssls,
although they occasionally DEPART from It
as a sort Of false card play. which. it
appears. deceives their partner Just as much
as their adversaries. The New Jersey players
cannot speak too highly Of the STRAIGHTFORWARD
and open game played by the Americans. who
seemed to be anxious to explain every detail Of
their system in advance. so that there should
be no misunderstanding.
AS usual In such matches. there were a great
many very. interesting hands, but the one on
which the largest swing was made was No. A.,
on which New Jersey lost four tricks. at least
three oil which they were scared out OF by the
attachment. The play of the hand was as fol-
lows. although some OF the small cards NAV
not be exact, as the deal was given to THE Sun
from memory. Zdealt and turnedt the heart 9:
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Yachting Notes.

The steam yacht Tim. owned BY AIiison '. A.
a nSpE t.. Si b J; "a h e. + w a1S ! H.% %g pl! a. L .Sss1 and y SsSf.
The Atlantic Yacht Club viii keep It's Sea datS
clubhouse open, throughout the year. although the
sion At IN early date. r -
The announcement that the EMPEROR Of Germany
yawI in order to race her al reduced tonnaae against
the Ailss leaves ths Prince q Maless Br1tannLA
With the exception OF the few yachts that will
eniise in Southern waters dnr.ng the vinter nca5y
the cold weather. and the various ]shipyards ana
other sheltered spots are assuming their regular
winter aspect. &C. ,ra
The noted cruising schooner eitana, Formerly the
R eF9P 2 +, q 6n ": G,e @F ;2 RSs NJ sisn vii PiIIr e y ssr G Y
most memorable cruises Wers in the Mediterranean.
+, Weld. and was peoM@aadsd by Capt tA'' "DIsISH
sesEIGek. sue vas Trseksd a few years ago on tn"
The S. aWanhHkaCorintbiAn Yacht Club will elqSs
it's Oyster Bay dubuque FOR the season. TINS week
Eangemen's haye been perfected % gEe a dinner %
John HYslOp. the veteran measRret OF tie club, Who
Tianspert Ines st1sfa!f 1ksssn, Shiah vas
Sreelsd few days ago otheS sa,;Ti3tnnshtI III
Ssathsri To -"'
Recent English records show TIA, the Isolde. one
signed by W II Fife, Jr.. four ears ago, is sun IN The
i,Snt rank among ySehts on TIC other side; she
against the best boats OF her class all along the Brit
1 pl. east me sn Or T S9a aSas'S Si ne sF' ts5 STs Il ht Ss. ssfSsS
In a recent number OF ths London Fisid as "phs,
nomenal, Her complete record 4 starts; la3; nIst
prizes. l0A; second prizes, II. Total value OF the
price. s:1,os0. The Isolde VII be raced again neEt
summer.
Tina. the big single -stieksr > iA,t IosLna fs popH-
Arity - a rAsing craft in EGglEIa - shDgn by the
following extract from a r tcut article IA the Lon
don FED NOW that the German EHp--pFs racing
cutter Meteor IS % be cni'-erJc q. ths tashionahlA
yaEl Ftg, the BrltlnniGJ 10 Llr only one u he famous
quartet o big out e. winch !, 2 IA her original
state. and, As Bona g. "a the maISei. q h not impHob-
able that thu naIt AIeditarraI~sn . tzun Sll opsn
Nithont a cutter 70 HspT.seni tle ~. clAss. unIesI
PerchAnee, some eat spna4lE yI7htsiuan nhouid
THUS Mt to puFCElse tls crack and rAce her a. the
Riviera. AilaS 10 TO at out for the French regAttAL,
but, 80 Tar. abe u the ORly btg vessel WhoOs daDAS
tRrS e aLsd uDoR."
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Gossip OF the Ring.

A Reader. New York.-HS was champion Of
America.
Joe Cans and KID MCFARLAND viii mee.in . twenty
hve-round bout at the LenoI A. O. neat Friday night.
Jack Downey and Dial Hawkins arc booked 10 box
twenty-five rounds at Coney Island tomorrow night.
Efforts have practically been completed for a
Ruhli1. 10 be decided at the Lemon A. G, some time
In December.
Charley Harvey has. matched. Martin FlAhsrty
fair, which win be for twenty rounds. will DO decid.
ed in about two weeks.
Prof. Jimmy De Forrest has matched Kid Harris of
Chicago TO meet an unknown" In Ons Of the pre-
liminAry bouts 10 the ShArkey-CoEbet contest. which
takes place ut the Lenox A. @. on Nov. ~.
c. C. Smith, the BLACK Thundsrbolt." and Ed
ward Dunkhorst have been matched to boz at Roch-
ester before the Rienh 4. Q. ON Nov. I! for 30 per
cent. of the receipts and . guarantee Of $500.
Jimmy Barry yesterday sent $3.50 to Al Smith as =
forfeit to bind matters in BArTy's coming contest
hold any more stakes. he Was compelled To return
the money Will 8 note Of regret.
Sam Fitzpatrick says that he will bring suit against
to Jack DAILY for defeating Owen zisTier there a few
weeks ago. Sam declares that he was promised =
failed 70 Keep is sETssmsnt.
Mike Sears, the American pugiliss. was knocked
out in twelve rounds by JEbez White 1T the Olympic
A. g., Birmingham. England, on Thursdsy niRht.
The Anair vas arranged q go twenty rounds: sa]ts
White, who tEbbed him with ease.
Jack EyeIhsrdt's manager said Yesterday that ar,
fssSsEe nes haze hn iss16y EGSssnsI male fbs r TOT : contest na
weight champion. EveThGrdt prefers TO have the
inAir settled here. hut OF course will go to England
and nRht IL the EnxltshmAn demurA about coming
10 America
Billy DGoey. matchmaker OF the Hartford A. O.. Of
Hartford, who IL nov In town. yesterday arranged
two good matches for his club. which are TO be do
eided on Nov, 2. They Ars = twenty round go" be-
tween George AcFadden and George Siddons. at 12o
pounds. and SAMMY Meyer against an unknown"
for ten rounds At I1b pounds
E~E.ChEnPion Jim Corbett returned 10 town Fri
day from West Baden Springs, where he has been so
tourhing for some time In company With McEey,
his trainer. The trip has evidently done Corbett
much good, for he appears TO he in fine health. Cor
bett VIII start training In earnest next week for his
contest With Tom shArkey At the LenoX A. Q. on
Nov. -.
Dan croedou Is not at all willing. Il saems, to re-
main idle. Oreedon. In . letter 70 THE SUN, writes
that no has not retired from the ring, hut IL lust ~
much in the swim - ever. He says that when he
met Bonner and vas defeated be weighed less than
$50 pounds. aud that be WAS In no shape 10 DO him
self Justice. In eonelplion CreAdon states that he IL
rcady ~ mast any middleWeiEhG He has = bAetsr
Uh0 viii match him for 1900 : sadA.
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Thus the syvtem won 2s14 on 9 capital Of
1898. The meeting opened with Q bad series,
as WAS expected. after the close Of .GrayesenG
and It's sensational so per cent nnish.- OInard
Won back losses. Oct. /. frances + Booker. Cor.
morant, Bendoran. George Keene. all failed for
the S40 tEo days cash, and Macy and Nosey
cover losses. Oct. 8. for the first time this sea-
son; $50 was due for daily cash, won by Mcleod
money. Oct. s. Royal Scarlet indicated for
place with no odds: Sifaeur lost for cash.
which Greatlands caught for place at the
Himtime lost also. but It was won. By Ben
along Satin Slipper and ,Warrenton failed for
Candleblack failed for last money. this being
brought HON by Scotch Plaid: In the fourth
race Brian Sweet and Banastar had both to be
eated. but no ODDS. Lad; Lindsey failed Psefs for two TWO
at4Il. Oct. 10. swamp Angel, place, won $50
counts as a win. SO KinrikinnIc and Rose
0Lee failed for cash, won by Scotch Plaid:
Fayonius Indicated but no odds; FavonIus
Oct. Is, Forget and King BarieycoTn ~iaiissd
Gated Tor place But no odds; and failed
S ST. fSo RI Ross lost Oct 90f fs. 6 sssR Tas WSn
lost money. OCT, f9. Frontisrsman won cash
ceptivo was made favorite By weight. both
race. Oct. 20. Banapo II. won daily cash. Oct.
cash Won by swIftmas. and losses were recoV-
cred by Peat in last race. Oct. %. .TrillIon was
Indicated. for daily cash but no odds. and this
Snce s ciose ~ io se the v Season s II I 3 w aR e msS6 SRI-
cent results. These are best realized by the
r~ecaPitulation OF winnings and capital required
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Ner Jerrer rins reren trIeks.

Trick !. While the teams lead differently
from the q j 10 sequence, both advcrsartes
ialse-card the ace OF trumpa. with a view to
future tenaces.
Trick 2. The discard OF the club showing
weakness In that suit under the American sys-
tenn, y Is prevented from leading the supporting
queen. aud IL left to guess at his partners suit.
u.would seem az ita player with four trumps
left in hist Band. headed by the potential tenace,
might have CHANGED the suit In which he had
two honors in preference to the very weak lead
OF a four-card suit TO queen. By refusing to
put up the king second hand. A follows out the
common-seDse principle Of not attempting to
get. the lead when you don't know what TO do
with it. has 9 very bad hand to lead away
from In plain suits.
Trick 4. by. refusing. to win this trick. 2
leaves himself with the major tenace in
trumps. and at the same time leads A to be-
lieve that B holds the king. This is simply the
supplement. to the false card played on the
first trick. Us play In the diamond suit is evil
IDENTIFY a little scheme OF his own. with no ap-
parent object except to coax a lead from B.
Trick 10. Whether b forces his partner In
clubs or leads the diamond makes no differ
ence In the result, as A cannot make more than
one Of his trumps.
Here is another hand from the same match.
in which the play Is rather curious. q dealt
and turned the heart 10:
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Alb get i've trickB-
In this case J, seems AFRAID TO trust his part
ner to shift, so he does the shifting himself.
As the hand is played at this table it seems i'm
possible for Alb to get more than five tricks
out Of it.
In several OF the hands the Jerseymen I'M
doubtedly had the worst of the luck. In one.
for instance. the original leader opened from a
suit Of K Q J and two other spades. Fourth
hand won with the ace and led tho jack Of
trumps from K y ] and three others. His
partner. holding ace eight only. did not. un-
block. although he undoubtedly should have
done 30. and thereby he saved just three tricks.
for upon winning the second round of trumps
with the ace he made three winning hearts. A
losing spades. Had he unlocked the trumps
and, led them back he would never have
made a trick in hearts. as his partner had
none to give him. and the trump leader would
have lost three tricks in spades.
OUR PRoBLEMs.
The solution OF the problem published Oct.
8 is for n to lead tTumns.9 8 then leads the
small diamond. N. plays the 10 and leads the
2, forcing " to lead clubs and so getting five Of
the six tricks.
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American gets four tricks only.

Amcflcan gets Iour ulCks only.
Trick J.. With six trumps almost all our crack
teams viii lead them at least once. There are
some heretics. however who would start this
hand with a singleton. which will make seven
tricks easily, and will get eight II 70 will return
the. supporting diamond instead OF going on
with the clubs and forcing his partner. IA mis-
take which many Would-be short-suiters tall
into. IL will be observed that d does not use
the ,a~ttachment In this hand. either in trumps
or diamonds.
Trick 2. Y's discard on the original lead of
trumps from an adversary showing strength. z
promptly leads him the king.
Trick 4. Y very properly avoids. changing
suits. BIS failure 70 play the attachment de-
eelves him for a moment as 1t looks rs II both
Adyersarles could follow suit to the diamonds
once more.
Trick 5. The. supporting club at this stage
would lose At least q trick, because it would
have prevented the possibility Of AS making
the mistake he makes at trick 3 In the play
given. The interior spade has the, same Gig
nilcance as the club In the first hand given. It
shows that the player 10 weak. either In trumps
or re-entry. In the tirst hand 1t was In trumps:
In this case II Is In re-entry
Trick b. This discard clearly lOsSs a trick.
AS partner has discarded q spade, showing
that he 10 weak in that suit, and so probably
sense whist TO run a suit Ga which your partner
shows weakness and trust him for a trick 10 q
suit in which he Is probably strong. hAn 70
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tricks San II and 5 get against the best play Of
o CLUE NOTES.
The Long Island women's Whist Club. which
Ing on last Friday and elected the following
fRr r, { +! F tSs the eHfiselPPE ysdsEit PFMSf iss fsS MFs;
pEsr. b Mr.; a Norssi DireSt9rs. Mr.; Irish:
G Selis C0R MPs. fsowasl is' TTfS'h SaRaal h Fs3
show that the club Is in a very dSur-
ishing condition, with, q constantly in
ereasinR membirship. The club will open the
with a compass game on Thursday evening
next at the Union League. and Il is expected
that most Of the local cracks win be present,
represent the club in the first match OF the
newly formed Metropolitan Association. which
aside-Baker and Irish. Powell! and Gledhili.
Morse and Rutherford. Colby and Palmer. Fos-
ter and Thomson: hawthorne and Goddard
published in The sUs on Monday morning;
the results OF local games Of importance ara
given on the sporting page duIiBg the week.
The K~nickerboeker Whist Club began, It's
season OF practice games for teams OF four last
night. and Is now. ready TO hear from any team
offour that would Ike to visit the clubrooms
At 141 West Torty-frst street any Saturday
evening and PLAY q practice match OF twenty
On Wednesday next the Whist Club Of New
YORK will holdi s second guest nlGht Tor the
played on the .HOgeIl system Of averaging, and
will be limited 10 ten tables. All thu experts in
II tie Pennsylvania Whist Club drops out Of
line this week. the New Iorks will go 70 Boston
70 play the fa%oaS gyra%jd four I on ths 4: "
play the Winners on the following Saturday.
and then the CAPITAL BiVTelss viii be in line.
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for the 1rst so bet Tor safety Before being
daEzled by tho above record OF nearly 90 per
the Brighton Beach record printed In Tine SUs
Of Aug, IA, 1893, and T~ecollect that calculations
APPLIED to tho three leading summer tracks do
pot apply to Brighton Beach or any others.
This will save them money. The seasons win
was 81 ,025; largest capital required Sli45O.
Thoroughly digested in other articles OF this
series there Is not much more TO DO said; As
Jockey pro tempore always strikes a : rot" be
he q Sloan. q TaTal, a Sims. or, . Maher. and
this has been a~bundantly proved both sidesthe
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or $2.5S2 Won on a gross capital Of S1,I38. To
was estimated at $500. allowing winnings TO
accumulate as capital without increase OF ini-
tlal het. In no case could an error at a critical
period have brought the capital required be-
yond $3.50.
The duplicate race system outlined in TIL
Sun Of May l. 1898. consisting OF backing the
first fayorite to win the corresponding races on
following days, again proved successful. and Is
detailed at this meeting as follows:
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Alb get ave tricks.
Trick l.. 1t looks as II lost o trick by not be-
ginning with the queen. as that card would
probably have brought down the ace and king
together.
no more. This gives valuable inform alton to
the adversary. because 1t tells B that the weak
hand can ruff. so u very wisely shifts.
Trick 4. B begins another attachment. This
time It is to the effect that he can take care Of
the third round of the diamonds.
1t seems a pity that q player should open
such a suit as that held by A and then throw It
all away. at the same time hugGing four trumps
in the fond hope that by some miracle b is go
II A goes right in and rufis at the third trick,
going on with his spades. he will save at least a
trick on the hand. At the other table the
score was Just the same, although there was
quite q difference in the middle and end play.
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Sloan did not ride after Sheepshead, fall
Maher only makes % per cent. against Sloan's
% per cent. one commencing the season well,
the other finishing well. In 1895. Griffin rode
article Of May / last It was said. The writer
has no Jockey system to offer and suggests
1893 was 1873 mounts. 80 wins. or about IL per
cent. Sloan will take moro care OF himself. but
the object lesson remains. Forty-two per cent.
Of first f~avorites is better worthy Of attention"
What do the persistent Sloan followers think Of
1t about this time? Sloan at Saratoga struck
out $50; Makers percentage was then 80 per
cent. and he struck his record-breakinG run Of
"A losing mounts in five days.
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The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-02-28
HON WILLIAM VI. SINCERELY
BORN December -. 1875.
DIED February %, 1898.

Mr.. WILLIAM NJ. SINGERLl Is deac.
This truth which Yesterday flashed OVER
the country carried with it a sadness
which mpels the dead journalists coun-
trvnen to an expression OF great sorrow.
His death coming suddenly as it did is
great shock to Lis friends, to his EN-
ployes, ,otLose who met him in bust
ness cir lies and to the public. William
NJ. Singer'v was a man. The noblest
tribute that could be paid an individual
is due hin. His death is a loss to So
cietv, and from journalism it takes a
character second only to the late Charles
A. Dana
Mr.. Singerly built up, in The Record.
a newspaper which in many repects Is
the create s. in America.
To every one alike Mr.. Singerly was "A
friend.
The employees OF Mr. >ingerly loved
him. He in turn was devoted to them,
did such pleasant relations exit between
employer and employc as in that OF the
Philadelphia Record. lhe loving kind
ness Of William Miskey slngerl'
will live for years in the memory
of his friends, employees, and al! wh'
knew him. The iuIaencr OF his good
ness will be fit long after the memory
of the man has passed away. William
NJ. singer'y probably died OF broker
art. It. j: likely that tie pail
caused him bv the thought that so man.
who loved, respected and trusted hin
mad been subject II to trouble by hi
present financial difficulties proved t''
great for the noble man and hc sue
cnmbed to it. William NJ. SingcrlH wa
a man,