The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24
THE BRIDGE WHIST TABLE.
IMPORTANCE OF II UNshiiLHD
QUESTION or THE DISCARD.

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kaies sasse.ted BY writers On n',sr. prsc.
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vice me matter OF rn.. Ruhber,.
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IL Is certainly aremarkapie unus san
caro- games IN when skill Is ~ 49,
'or "hat you throw away s LIZ, n
poruhce IMAM WHAT you pi"s, A.
skat' In plquet, IN pihooh'o' ~ ~ -.
bridge, aud In many other eaihes u ~ y,
oiass' The discard Is q neVer-enui's ~
trouble. ailke 70 the beginner anu W nv
lhe discard is one oil Inc sun uhsel'eu uu.s-
uons Oh ths whist tapie anu - Az ~ w.,
uon OF all our problems ~ "'o ~ mon
disputed points OF Druee '"o'osI .uamn,
ues were early recognized ana enoi'a' 'einpU
nave oeeh MADE 10 meet 'holh' "a
ssuhs 70 compare inc various n " ~"
vahoed oy writer's on whis' anu no'o "
sicy woulu III inc cohoinou' y, y" ap,
or'use' Inc Famous no''o
~eax Ia uumps' keep suatu ~ -
res suns II suons' tnro" awe y 'no''
u Sun Inc Standby Oh ,he a'eiaso "a p,a."'
ana ~ ID the Recognized rune III p'iuso' i'oo
tor says your Original oisoaiu ehouiu ""ass
iholca'e your snort sui' u uuhips a.. NV
oeciaeo against you, YOU to"eee' ou'' ivy
arc lhati Is 10 say youhho"
nave the srons trump nahos, your u.e'uu
Ahoud DO from your spohs sun, ms > mo
system adopted ny ING ne" iu,A can, y
inc suggestion maze ny huius Amen Oh Mn"au,
zee. ana In nAtch play they away uiscaru
from 'heir pest pro'ecleo SUN u VIC "a'e-
s4lee start 'he mana WIN trump ieao'
fraoncaiiy' tno sane oohoiuons eAS' "
pndse when the aoVersar'es hake 'he trump
because the mere iact OF uieir seiecune certain
SUIT MARKS them Win sUehR'n III 'hat sun
unless II 10 4 passed space make therefore ,he
nrst discard should DO from srensth' whe'her
the uuinps are ied OF not as 'he trump suehs'h
Is declared oy the make aione' ms INFORMS
Tic partner by a single discard what your
best protected Suits. Fenolosa does not believe
In this. % lar as whist Is concerned. and says
When the advsrsariss have declared strength
In trllnps. my discard and my partners should
convey no definite Information whatever
II would seem bad enough TO be without q COM
pass without having to guess where the port Is.
Milton Work thinks the best discard Ia the card
,h., oa. -, =. s..,.a ri. d. .,so go
INA. ah oes' " epaeu, i"s 70 aeo s'oo
bridge practice, because IL Is useless TO keep
all the cards OF a long suit when ono 81 the adver-
sarles mas AZ least nVe or SIX trumps' 'aVeh-
dish says that II is dangerous to ungusrd honors.
oianA aces OF discard snalo'oh1, because your
weakness will be exposed the moment the suit Is
led. This IL good bridge practice also. Or. Pole
savs vo,,r long anil "a tina most valuable thing
s., - -. -. 80 :,
you nave ana yon should Keep every caro- OF
II ~ a possible trick winner, discardins your
short or vask sul,. Ri, ~ .tra,gth in tr,upns
Is against you ne says you must reverse the
rule and discard from your most numerous suit.
A Great msnv arbitrary signal. have basn
'e O -
introduced Tor the purpose OF overcoming
the difficulties OF the discard, most Of them
with the v;ew ~ convsv,ng daa,i,. or ,nma-
Wv ~ : VI oon.ey'ns uehni' VI nhino
oiaoe lniormatioh 10 the partner. moro man
for self-protection. Gen. Drayson suggested
thu revsrSs d,.osrd p,aving a b,ybsr card
oo'o,o "wei, W snow d oesne Una. INC par'-
ner should shift and lead something else. Many
sSs- %. - 'n ~
sueheth In q SUIT ~hich they discard on the
theory that one discard shows weakness and
ths second ~ n hiuhm oard NJ tha ssn. su,t
shows stn creator waapna.s hr, :, ~. d,.osra.
shows sun greater weakness put II the di'oards
arc reversed, and the higher card. played arst.
first and tells the partner that the suit is strong,
although some cards OF II have, to be thrown
away, Others use this reverse discard 70 show
second round. II the suit is simply weak.
they discard IL. the smallest card first; but If it
p q suit o. two cards only, they let go the higher
- y AiAAb 40 NV pS totAbA ~ " d. ~ 10 Al
whist.
Tormey introduced the rotary discard, In
which the suits were supposed to be arranged
In q certain order, usually alphabetically, c,
d. II, S. and the discard Of any one OF the
series Indicated strength in the one next in
order, a club discard showing strength Ia dia-
monds and so on. The trump suit was always
to be skipped. so that if diamonds were truInps
q club discard would mean strength in hearts.
The suits could be arranged in any order for
Individual Uses and the order might be changed,
so as to deceive the adversaries. No one has
as yet had the hardihood to recommend such
a dishonest system of play as this for the game
A few OF the principal conditions which con-
front the bridge player in describing are these;
When the adversaries have named the trump
suit from strength: when they have made the
trump from weakness: when they have made
a trump which is gone over, showing greater
strength against them; when there is no trump.
and only one suit has been led; when there ls
no trump, and two suits have been shown.
The general principle Of discarding Is sup
posed to be that If the trump is declared against
you. even II IL Is a weak spade. YOU should
assume that the maker and his partner have
the majority Of the trumps, and that as Six
or seven tricks will certainly fall 10 tho trumps
there Is little hope OF bringing, In a long suit
and you can therefore well afford 10 discard
from II. On the same principle, II your part
ner goes over the make he must have a lot Of
good cards and must have gone over on HIS
own hand, not on yours, so there is still less
chance of your bringing In a long suit, us your
partner will not be likely TO need much as
s%istance from you. This being so, you can
anord 20 discard from your stong suit, 80 as to
be consistent in showing 1t on trump declara-
tions. In both cases, go over or not, the dis
card should give Immediate information to
your partner rs TO the suit In which there Is