Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-01-27
And the Expert he found him unable
Though he .c:isd like q Turk,
And cid excellent work
To hold UP BOTH ends OF the table.

And the EXERT he found him unable
Though hs se:i-d like q Turk,
Aed cid excellent work
To hold UP BOTH ends OF the table.
So the score thatthey made was a bad one,
And the sequel 10 that is sad one.
When the maid. with a frown
Turned the gentleman down,
And left that assembly mad one.
So now when she happens to meet him,
She never remembers 20 greet him;
And she's looking-they say
For spouse who can play
Sufficiently well to defeat him.
e. B. c., in Whist.
Whist Perception.
About five or six years ago, the in
flexible rule was that Oh taking the
first trick you should show your suit
to your partner before returning his
lead. The falsity of this plan was
soon discovered, and it was then in
stilled into the minds of players that
it was serious offence to switch suits
as it would probably cripple the part
ner's nand lby taking from him his
re-entries in the beginning of Inc
game, the absurdity of trying to estab-
lish two suits being pointed out at the
same time. Players have indeed
learned the second lesson as well if
moth even better than they did the
first, so that to-day many of them
hesitate to forsake a suit when it IS
obvious to all that the effort to estab-
lish and bring it in is futile. In such
cases. if the partner has had the
chance Of indicating his strength in
another suit, ones own should be
Oh of
fort should be directed towards the
partners hand before ones own
trumps are exhausted. To illustrate
suppose the original leader is able to
exhaust his opponents trump
strength, four rounds being necessary
to do so. Meantime, one opponent is
establishing his suit. On the third
and fourth rounds of trumps the lead
ers partner discards two low cards,
declaring his suit to be spades. Hold
ing queen, ten and three low clubs
and a supporting card in spades. the
original leader should consider we'll
the chances of gaining any assistance
from the partners hand before ne op
ems the club suit. Suppose again at
player is left with Two long trumps,
while it is evident that one more
round will not establish his suit. The
value Of his partners discards in con-
nection with other considerations may
indicate the propriety of giving up the
effort to bring in ones own suit, that
of the partner promising better re-
suits. \ player may open king and
four small cards in a pain suit, his
partner may play low on the frs
trick, declaring at once that no aid IS
to &c expected from him. The entire
suit is against the leader. With but
three trumps even holding re-entry,
it is manifestly impossible to bring
in the suit. Unless. However. the en-
envy leads trumps or calls for them.
the partner should not at once be sub
jected to a force, but every effort
should be made to assist him in de-
yeloping IN his hand whatever
strength he may hold.
The instant it is evident that the
lines along which one is conducting
campaign cause embarrassment to
the enemy, a player should persist in
his course to the point Of obstiH2cy.
But the moment the partner lets fall
a hint that his preference lies in an
other direction his wishes should be
taken into consideration.-New York
Evening Post.