Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-01
WHIST.
Enquirins About American Leads - Playing
According to Rule Learning to Count the
Trumps A Whist Curiosity Wherein
Swing of Nine Tricks Occurred.
HIGH CARD AMERICAN LEADS.

Whist Editor of the Register.
viii you publish in the whist column
of the Sunday Register the high card
American leads and oblige a constant
! reader and lover of whist?
Bridgeport, December oath, 1898.
| Below are given the twelve eombin-
given by c. D. P Hamilton, an author
ity on whist that has no superior.
Holding ace. queen, knave and any
one or more, lead ace.
Holding ace and any four or more
which do not include both king and
! queen, lead ace.
Holding ace, king and any two lead
king.
Holding king, queen and any two,
| lead king.
Holding ace. king, queen and any
two or more in which the knave is not
| included, lead queen.
! Holding king, queen and any three
or more in which the knave is not in
! cluded, lead queen.
Holding queen, knave. ten and one or
more small lead queen.
Holding ace. king, queen, knave and
! any one or more, lead knave.
! two &C more, lead knave.
Holsing king, knave. ten and any one
or more including the queen, lead ten.
Holding ace, queen, ten, nine only;
or ace, jack, ten, nine only, lead nine.
The above leads ought TO be so thor
oughly committed to memory by every
student of whist that the moment he
looks at his hand he would know what
to lead. These leads are very inform
atory to partner, and If he has any
| knowledge whatever Of this most intel
lectual game, would know exactly from
what combination his partner Tor adj
versary) led, and govern himself ac-
cordingly. II is from not knowing
these leads, or if knowing, neglecting
to take advantage of them, from the
information impaired, that so many
mistakes and losses are made in play,
| for some of the deals during a sitting
will contain some one or other of these
combinations several times-indeed,
many times.
PLAYING ACCORDING TO RULE.
| How many players one hears at the
| table exclaim on being criticised by
| their partners, "Well, ] played second
!
played third hand high, and you know
| that's according to rule Now, II the
whist student will exercise a modicum
| of whist sense he will remember that
all rules are subservient to the fall Of
the cards. For example, the four OF
hearts led (plain suit and second hand
holding king, queen and one small,
would not play the small heart, but the
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hand. which it would be better to have
led up to (such as major tenaces) in or
der to take the trick or force the ace
and make the queen good, and perhaps
another trick in the suit. because OF
partners strength. The above Is but
one Of hundreds OF exceptions to the
rule second" Tor third hand high.
/ When it comes ones turn to play keep
this in mind. Now is the time to do a
little thinking And further. do no
play hastily. Have due elaboration:
not at every trick, for the times are fire.
quent when not the slightest pause is
necessary, and at such times unneces-
sary deiberation is distressing to the
other players; but when one is in doubt
then be deliberate and let the doubter
set his thinker to working vigorously
LEARNING TO COUNT THE TRUMPS
Keep this axiom in mind: Ones
whist will ever be very ordinary"
game until he learns to count the
! trumps and to keep accurate track OF
| them. Do not try to remember the
! other suits until thorough mastery is
attained over the trump suit. IL is all
| overwhelmingly more SO than any
| of the others. 1t Is like park of ar
| tillery in battle Until II is silenced,
! neither infantry or cavalry can do It's
work effectively. The first precept in
| whist, therefore, is TO so discipline the
mind that it will remember the number
| of trumps played When this Is attain
| ed, the player will be surprised how
| easily he can remember much about
the other suits.
Let the cards discourse, but the
! tongue be mute" When the hand Is
| played out, then talk, put just so soon
as the cards are dealt and the play re-
, iiowed, NUNS the word
THE LEAD OF A LOW CARD FROM
| ACE AND FOUR SMALL, AND THE
DENOUMENT.
BY following the Minneapolis system
of leading the small card from ace and
four others, player came TO grief in a
match played some time ago. The deal,
! which is a remarkable whist curiosity,
is given below. A and p are partners
| against Y and z. dealt and turned
| the Queen of Hearts. The underlined
card wins the trick, and the card under
il is the next one led.
| Tr,ck a. Y p. q
Trick 1........4C &C DC &C
|
Tric,o 2H s H. H3 Xix
4
Triclc a. HI &c H4 HI
|
fTriek 4.... Hs So HIS HQ
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