The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-23

their handy Six trumps sounds like n big hand.
Dga uete Is probably q large honor score out
a az y and tne honoTs IN hearts count up az
final value OF the rubber. w have a game in
ana they, should not take any shots, which an
original heart make would be.
cannot make II "a diamond witt. one honor.
especially on a pissed make, and he seems
! driyea 70 decide between q space and no7tYmp-
or. with both the rel suits stoppod. u looks
reasonable TO trust his partner for a stopper
Ia CLUBS II he has anything. and TO count the
hand ~ worth i've spa.a tricks, certainly one
heart. perhaps two, and a fair chance for game
" partner has anything at all.
4 tho student win ny this hand a. a heart
trick depends on whether or not Y trumps the
second round OF clubs. 4 ne trunpS AM LEAFS
trnTne, he cannot get Z into .he lead again
runs on the sraIos. A trumps the third round
am lcaIs another club and Rs ten shuts out
~ preventing him from getting another round
Of trunIs. The third round o. tiarponds lets
a over-trlmp z, giving ABB six tricks' one In
clubs, two In diamonts and three In trumps.
as many players would do. 30 as 10 compel Alb
70 change suits. u loees the odd trick. because
1ns dism22nds VIII allow a TO over, Trump y;
before. Two club tricks and two In diamonds
give them the odd and simple honors., The
moral OF this would seem 10 be that you should
not pass a certain lrick unless you, are sure not
only OF getting IL back but also OF getting an
other one with IT,. When the beat you can
hope for Is TO get II back later. why part with
1t ll the first place?
Trick |: IRis o]Icning is instruStiye; II jhe
King OF heart %u might ShtI have been Geai" COUNTED ted on os
n reasonable feen try card, but with tho strength
on The left, guarded kings are not worth much.
as they will almost certainly be led through
aud nnessed against, For this reason cards
which are good reen tries whom the makei Il on the
right are not good whom the make is on the
suit from the top and, having At least seven.
he must begin with the AGE. b should have
given up the king on this trick. not only on the
1 chance of TIA unblnpkiuu tha suit hut DpQQusa
there Is no other possible way TO save the game
unless A holds the queen Of diamonds. 4
other .reentry in Az hand Il m impossibility.
! Is also evidept that b cannot make more than
threo diamond tricks II 4 lnS not the queen,
az the other tricks 20 TO w, no matter what
What does b know of his partners hand
from the ace led1 The position Is a good ex-
In The first place A cannot have held 4, Cd,
because he would not lead the ace. from that
not being So considered when the make Il on
the left. Without q reentry the lead from A Q
hold A Q J. so he must hold at least seven Of
the suit II he has Just aeven, dummy having
one only, the dealer tss three and one Of those
three must he the queen or lack, which stops the
suit so that b., holding up the king does not
accomplish anything, for even Y 1t stop; u from
Il gives w all the rest OF the tricks but three
Trick . The nine being a fourth.best, y
knows that the clubs are now established and
that \ holds both Q and II. But for the fourth
best following the ace, Il might have the suit
stopped with the queen, or be false carding
with the ten In hand
Trick 8 Il being impossible TO run of tho
diamonds without establishing. the tail OF tho
suit In dummy's hand and absurd TO think
OF leading either hearts or spades, u Is reduced
20 the necessity OF taking a shot TO make tho
club suit by trusting his partner for the queen
OF diamonds. This Is a good play 10 the score,
although II would escape the attention OF many
persons II i runs FOR II he must inevitably
stop at five tricks, even II he drops the queen:
This will give W two by cards, game and
rubber, II A has the queen OF diamonds the
will run or elk more club tricks and II ne then
has another diamond TO return, ABB make a
grand slam against a no-trnmper, a fine et-
ample Of the possibilities of one card in tho
game Of bridge.
z properly puts on the queen. second hand.
on tie principle that a person must do his best,
however weak the effort may BE-, 10 keep the
player with the established suitf rom getting into
the lead, z would feel very cheap II A should
get In with the jack and run on six clubs
Trick 0. II il evident from the discards
that A holds the king Of hearts guarded, ard
that Il has two hearts. Dummy's play, therefore,
Is 70 put b into the lead, So ~ g. force him to
come up 20 the tenace In hearts AZ the end
BY this line OF play, A-E lose two cards,
game and rubber. Nov look at the diNcrqnce
II b unblOcks on the first trick, as he should do.