Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-12-17

the opponent, and the second best can
only be cleared by the enemy leading
/ the master card. Again, suppose the
partner trumps the ace led, or the king
| played third hand of opponents suit,
the queen and knave being held by sec
ond hand. is not the situation identi-
| cal?
If you hold but one or two small
cards in the partners declared suit,
and no cards of value in the suit led
by the enemy, the best chance for a
cross ruff. if that presents the great
est possibilities, is to lead the part
ner's suit rather than to at once force
him?
I If ones partner tYmps the first
round of either the opponents suit or
ones own, and leads king, deuce, or
| any card which can be read as de-
| claring just four cards in his suit,
! he must have held four trumps origi-
! nally, unless he has opened a strong
four-card suit is preferred to a suit
/ of greater length containing no high
cards. This, of course, is taking It
/ for granted that he follows American
J leads. and the deduction drawn is as
| follows: If he holds none Of one suit
| CHS thirteen cards being divided among
! the other three), and declares his long
plain suit to contain but four cards.
/ his trump suit must have contained
| five, unless preference was given to a
i fouF-card suit over one OF -reater
length. In like manner, If he trumps
| the second round Of a suit, and declares
a four-card plain suit, one can read
4 that he held four trumps originally
| II you are weak in trumps, and win
an early trick in the enemy's suit, in
! which your partner renounces, unless
/ you have great strength in the suit dis
/ carded by him, you should lead him
his declared suit An exception can be
made when the partner discards a
comparatively high card of suit in
which one is well protected, in which
/ case a supporting trump led from two
/ or three trumps would be the better
/ play The fact should be borne In
mind that the partners discard does
not always tell the whole story or give
as much information as one coud wish.
This point was forcibly shown not
long since in actual play. The hand
was originally opened with the knave
/ of hearts, second hand played the ace
third hand trumped, and fourth hand
| followed with the deuce. holding but
king and queen OF the suit In addition.
I Fourth hand obtained the lead on the
second round of spades, that suit be-
ing declared established in the hands
I of the enemy. With great trump
strength, fourth hand then proceeded
/ 10 exhaust trumps. His partner, being
void of trumps on the third round,
| discarded a heart The trump leader,
| having but one trump remaining, did
not consider it wise to give up the COM
nand Of hearts by leading the king or
| queen The natural inference was that
! third hand had trumped the first
round, and also from partners dis
card that the original leader had led
the knave, and had at least the ten
A supporting club was led to the part
ner's declared suit. when ii developed
that the latter held the ace OF clubs
alone and six hearts. having held eight
cards in that sit originally. with two
small spades and two trumps- Had
the original leader not announced that
be was playing the long-suit game,
fourth hand might hare attempted p