The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-21

confident that the third round will be rptfsd y
round. Some players carr the rSec9Hd hand ~
any two cards on n smaller card led. even the
nee and one small, while others will never cover
Playing on partners leads, the best practice
seems 70 be TO refuse to Ply down with any
Sasa oI n, saSal VAN valne a z R'f pIoy ye!i holding TSE T and
ono small. for instance. would not give up the
jack on an ace led by his partner unless nj;
tho. second and fourth hand on adversaries'
leads. cards az high as a ten having a possible
or to save partners good cards n The adverse
ssits; by SIy In o up 4 al car" Isad rs h p oi, es ali nbie .e To
to retain tho Command Of a. suit, which would
otherwise have been stopped by the risht-hand
The number OF tricks that can be picked Up
simply by secondhand covering with the
e siEs e 4, tM IN th Ssrs' days Is 'o OF fIe.Sst9in .s'R iow rom
great d%ificpI,y is to aeSermine on Tie best con:
It Will NOT do to return the suit right up to the
declared strong band even to get a run ma on t thhs
original third hand gets IN. he will inevitably
give his partner a supporting card OF, the suit
f AIRS oEsIm usl s nI i SspNo snS i his Dc pst snsa d Ess' nst
second hand on the hrs, trick went In with the
npesss against him. Just as in the old days
| when players put up king or queen second
with one small card only.
who get IA suit established as quickly "a possi-
Die, no matter what system they play, so that
they have something to fight with and are In a
position t2 force the sdysr : csd II t u 'Shs az 10 n
the suit itself 80 far as taking, tricks Is con
cerned. the effort to, establish i frequently
results In taking valuable oards OF ,ree9try
S ssms IN PtEo ' trnnr 50 I. FIX this System q getting
something established In the first place is not
Which requires a ! low card to mean four trumps
and resntry. or anything OF that kind. the play
er II left perfectly free to make defensive leads
from long suits. lust as he makes defensive
| nice point to decide whether he shall open with
o short suit, which may give his partner a good
hneTse or s start art NJ his is ! long s.it I've IN Ts shs noH Th Is
IS one OF tho strong points about tho system
used by the New York team. who make Just as
good use OF long suits as they, do OF supporting
cards. even In q purely defensive game.
The winning. possibilities OF any system, de-
pend very much. OF course, upon the ,d~istribn,
ton OF the cards. and it is generally agreed
among experts that the most effective, systems.
and those which are most commonly useful.
are thuse in which 1t ls possible todemonstrate
the trump situation to the partner at the earli-
est possible moment. Unfortunately. ills i'm
possible to have such a,svstem So arranged that
| It ia not open to the objection that the adver-
saries are aware OF its meaning. and are there
foro able q draw negative infersnces whlch
s %ay ems'i whi Sfs% WouiG not sSte ot SSerSffseSR have S'
been clear to them until much later in the
hand. The force and don't-force-me system
often brings about situations In which tricks
may he picked M. which would, escape players
who have to wait for the completion. OF ,trpmr
calls or leads. As. an example. take the fo,iow-
heart deuce. and z also holds the interesting
hand: