Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-10

able to read such trunlps with the part,
ner as to outbest theirs.
When it is noted that a suit in which
no one has shown strength is avoided,
either a tenace is held in the suit or
else an honor is held. which the player
wishes to a
The positive information TO be gained
from the lead of queen, followed by ace
is that the original opener has king
and two small cards. but there is abso-
lutte negative information. Weakness
in trumps may be surmised, for the
leader never would have opened an al
ready established strong suit, running
the risk Of trumping by the enemy, if
he had had a strong trump hand. Pos
sibly he may have four moderate
trumps. but, if so, he has ne re-entry
or else there is some other very weak
spot in his hand.
The differences to be drawn from the
lead of the deal are varied. The long
suit. player will read at once four in the
suit. According to the New York sys-
tenn it is the longest suit the hand has,
and must contain an honor. The
Hamilton team Of 81 made it a point
to give at once the most positive infor-
nation in regard to the hand, if a
player held two suits of equal value
each containing an honor and three
small cards. If in one suit the lowest
card happened to be the deuce and in
the other, say, the seven, the deuce
suit would be led in preference to the
seven suit, SO that the partner might
be enabled to count the hand at the
earliest moment. The short-suit infer
ence would be that there were hopes of
bringing in the suit. That the hand
must contain one or more re-entry
cards, or else fair trump strength, and
if the partner can help him in the suit
led he is appealed to lead trumps at the
earliest opportunity. Every n of
these answers is a correct one, but how
many players take into account the
chances Of the original leader follow
ing suit a certain number Of times to
other palmer suits according as the
originalsleader is a long-suit player or
a player who makes no thunderstorm
ing openings?
After show fourth hand wins a trick
cheaply, he ar read to a certainty that
that third hand is void in short suit.
An impulsive player may be tempted
to lead trumps from a hand that does
not warrant it, through a greedy desire
to save a possible trick. He does not
stop to consider that the third hand
player has twelve cards divided among
three suits and is more than likely to
hold four trumps. By leading trumps
hastily he may prevent his partner
from getting a force on that player at
a critical stage of the game.
Suppose your partner calls" and
when he gets in refuses to lead trumps.
Why has he changed his mind with all
the trumps still in his hand he had
when the signal developed? Perhaps
an opponent has shown strength in a
suit he hoped to bring in, or he may
want to be led up to in trumps, having
discovered strength on his right. His
change of tactics may be because he
finds a suit established against him. If,
instead of leading trumps, he makes a
lead of a supporting card from a weak
suit, you should try to determine
whether you have caused the change of
strategy by any lead or play that you
hav made.
If your partner shows six of a suit of
which you hold three, and an opponent
renounces on the second lead, you
should take into account that his part
ner holds but one more of the suit be-
fore you make a hasty lead Of trumps.
The trump lead may prove all the more
disastrous if the remaining card held
by the enemy happens to be the winner.
1t is usually wise to force at the earliest
opportunity an opponent who passes
a doubtful trick. Should he refuse
to trump a winning card, continue Civ