The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
" got seven tricks.

- 81 FoFNh "
Trick !. This IL not much Of a suit 20 open,
but It Is according 10 the system II the t"arl.
Trick As neither r"tutrs the suit Tor leads
tlumps it should be certain that he has no more
Of IN" suit first OPP ned,
Trick 3 II should now ~ n certainty that u
has no more clubs, OF he would not play az" second
hand So soon.
Trick & !, Elvcll, can read Rs lead AZ from
four trlmps only, and even II z has none left hut
the turn up, there Is ONLY one four trump hand
against vs., ard that IL rs. II Is can b. iorcrd
By any means, y NUT make bis suit PROVIDED
be retains the command Of 1t unnl the third round.
This shows Tho knowledge Of ono Of tho l,ading
principles of strategy applied TO An inferred posi-
ton ~ the cards.
Tick q. II is hcrc worthy of not" that If Is had
opened his suit with the fourth b Il Instead Of tho
'"r. \ would have known that II was established
scycn bling accounted Tor, by the eleven rule, ard
having nothing smaller. 4 does not return his
partners trump Lad bcauSc he fears That me
lead Wa mndc on IN" assumption that \ had
strength in diamonds whereas A knows that the
Who'll" suit IL now with Y.
Hut hero comes thc interesting mart OF IN" hand.
Supp.s" tina, \ had returned the trump, what
would II have done 1t is safe to say thai the ten
having forced th" kline, not ono player In ten thou
sand would ovrrtakc the JACK with the queen, yet
thu. is the only possible way to sAyc four tricks on
the deaf
The position that would have ben presented To
j. on" # III. oldest In tho str'tcry Of N" ramc,
and WINS pointed out by Matthew's in l"o' \
Player with an established suit hr says, should he
careful t. win IN" third round NJ tmmps and then
{" furc" out the best trump which ls against HIM.
with his suit Nothing, SAYS Mathews, but five
'rumrS in one hand AGAINST him can prevent his
Bringing in his suit with his remaining trump
rs ability to scr into the position would depend
ol his co rcfGl reading 81 The cards. and his SKIN
in taking advantage 81 II would depend on his
PERCEPTION that the only way T. y" certain Of win
ming the all important third round q trumps
would be To- win the second, even at the expense
81 over taking As Jack.
In the FIRST place, HSiohis inference That his suit
was established The q . and 3 are The unknown
cards. z has not No." : and Y has not the g.
Tho 3 is easily placed with Y. With y and y
only z would have covered the 10 led. With
. . G he world also hSvc covered, as pointed out
last week. With = and only one small, \ would
not have passed the 10, ~ \ must nave held COS.
In the second place, a. to I's seeing the vital
importance II winning thc second round uf tumps.
principle requiring him 10 win In" third. and then
forco. has he IN" sbill g. 500 Tint IN dcEnding
on his partner either to lead a third round OF Nunps
~ 10 put him again with his suit he is leaving
g. his partner something that he can attend 10
himself Had \ returned the trump and had
- oyertakcn IL. il would have displayed 4 very
high order ~ SKILL in the combination of inference
that his suit was established end that he held q
winning position IN whist tactics, which would
enable him 10 brnc IN his suit 20 n certainty un
less ! hr'd ivc trumps originally.
This being the play Of the hand which shows
the Importance II skill and knowledge, now let
NJ look Gt the play in which luck plays the I'M
portant part.
on the everyday Of the deal, Brooklyn held
N-X's cards, pnd they succcrlcd IN dropping
no less than five tricks with them. leaving tho
New Works y clear gain Of four points on the deal.
Here is the way they managed H.