The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-01
A-B get three tricks only.

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Trick l: This Is the opening that would be
to leading the queen because they reserved
that card for the conventional 81 zen purpose Rs Of sh9w-
reasonable lead is the top OF nothing. the z of
TICK 2. 2 has no suit to play for and wants
| to get rid Of the lead so as to have his potential
tenaces in clubs and spades led up to. II pos
Trick 3. B does not want to give up the COM
mand OF the suit which his partner has APP
p%arentll1 y asked s6sd him ibo to sn protect; s snd he t does NIT NIT
show all three suits and disclose the entire
think that A led from Q j 10 4 8 of clubs. and
as his own cards are now OF equal value. he
drops the seven. hoping to coax a trump lead
Trick 5. The strataRem succeeds admirably.
new interferi Ing with things Chat. are Going
your way. He lets B go on with the trumps
until he finds a a has no q more; and z must h rye
rest is easy whom z finds Y has all the remain
ing clubs.
PERCEPTION PROBLEMS.
Every now and then q correspondent asks
a maF as sS soon to as s Owe IS RG psb RfsfGSsPt a1os hheGS eerqs:
spondent writes and asks to have them stopped
s ssshgSs ft t6sy are Su toe . FaTd; Ii nay co n2t be safn a
perception problem that has never been solved.
The Suns whist man is pretty good on Tpch b
given by "Cavendish " as follows. verbatim
Let me give an example Of how whist ought
two rounds the fall Of the cards showed that
all the remaining trumps were With my partner
One other suit had been played. and tcas er-
hdusted from 0ur hands. had now three
ttEbq 1ns IS rd 5sfil II u SheE q ne tbo w nnpIaged fr smItgs,. eNn %t
liking to open n suit Of three cards. and having
no indication as to my partners suit. led a
lead and open his strong suit. He could have
won the trick. but played a lower trump,
he also has three cards in each Of the unplayed
suits, as he would have penetrated my design,
20 the trick. At the end Of the hand j said:
When you did not win my third trump, saw
" we u1S so III aS SS no 20 f s6s ln as ! ySsd s mHst hola snr Ss
losing triumph for yPu must hold three cards in
'%"Thus we counted the number OF cards the
other held In two suits. neither oil which had
been played
My partner was =. T. F.. tho finest whist
Now. the problem il to reconcile the asser-
ton that E,,T. +. was the finest whist player
'"Cayspdlsh' ever mot with The statement that
had exactly three cards in each "f the other
suits, 1t looks easy. hnt 1t has never been
perceptiye powers Of those who think they can
solve problems at sight.
Dec. | 8 is for \ TO lead 4 trgmp on yhish rs
best discard is tine D . and SIS thH = \ then
leads a club. putting , IA. wnllo u ulSchrus
leads the ID X and n trumps it, This problem
stumped all but the best OF them.
CLUB NOTES.
The New York Ladies' Whist Club has Issued
invitations for r large compass game at the
Berkeley Lyceum on Jan 10, and 1t is expected
that there will be Mt least 100 players, on hand.
The game will be run in two sections. with
duplicate deals in each. and handsome, prizes
wifi bc given for the best scores y and ) and l.
and W..
The Long Island Womcn's Club will enter
tain their men friends with u compass game, on
Thursday next. at K O'Clock, at the Union
League Club. Brooklyn, All the crack men
players have been invited.
Next Wednesday will he guest night at the
Whist Club of New York. and cards for it are in
demand. These games. although limited TO
ten tables. are noted tor,the high gradeoi whist
be about tho hardest. games ia which to win
anything that can be imagined.