The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
PROBLEMS FOR sun READERS
BRIDGE iIIRN DIgTER tS
10 OJI TION.
Harry BoaTdman'S last PTObIem Called
Both EaSN AMI HART An Eight Card
M TrumP~r Problem supplied ny
the Regent, The short cut At Ghess.

ue NFAenl- Ine Snort w ~ mss
In bridg. problem NJ Is Harry Board
man had studied out 4 now blow calcu-
lated 20 catch any on" IN his guard Tn"
man IN Omaha cam" up smiling Sith a
cross counter that looks very effective
Readers IT THF SUN can Judge for them
solves Who wins
Some Of thosa who sent IN solutions to
NJ IS thought II on" of the hardest vet
printed. Will" others sad they Rn' " IN"
first tame they tried u THIS dHeraurr
may H., accounted for IN much th" Same
grounds a. tho contradictory opinions
held by tho small gIrl who tried - pull
outaulIl with h"r teeth and by her brother
who us.'i q chwhdnmer THIS lstiar
from r " illustrates one viaw ~ the
problem
-Nou- man Bniriulan o"rtIr nly has all
IN" Other composers beaten to fralzl"
H. s'"m~ 10 pn~~"-S ~ a remark Ihln
drgre' N" faculty ~ maArng unsound
openings and their combinations *
Ceedluglv uiu.iho So much 80 that the
slightest ship IN handling the defence
will sfll give tn" solver a troublesome
and therefore satisfactory solution. -
h" goes tp sleep with has pleasant httla
PIPE dream. only tn lind when THE SUN
wakes him up a couple 81 weeks later
that ha - IN the wrong tod
Then follows this solution which is
gwen Nv several others, and ~hrch Ger
tainly sngg-Sf- no end ~ difirutv
z lads ~" ton ~ hearts and trtImps
II Then loads his nine Of diamonds
and whether II covers 10 or not z ducks
IL II Il covers the niu" \ ducks y and
h leads one ~ hrs high spades This Z
trump~ with the five and leads tho Jack
of trumps following = with the Ten Of
diamonds and following that again with
tho king II 4 holds ~
should u refuse To cover the nino If
diamonds when Y leads H. \ WINS the
trick and loads the FIVE Of SPADES aud now
z must trump with tho Jack and lead the
Ave ~ trtIInpS
In case both y and \ r"fls-a e. cover the
nine "f diamonds Y leads his top spade
r covers. Z trImps with the jack and puts
A IN with IN" five II tr,Imr-
Herr 70 m" fals" solutions pointed out.
evidently lased IN N" theory that Will
lead = Diamond
2 starts with m" ton - hearts and Y
Sisclris q small spade instead ~ trump
ing Now 4 10 lis small fismoOd and 1t
gces 49, RS queen. =" that 4 may still
hold the ace over Ls KING Whether r
returns damond nr spade rnakes
o. difference - V viii trump 'hc "ns and
z the 'ther.
The error m tni- solution Is thai \ will .
put IN ths rc. Of diamonds the first time
the su' - l"i and vii play his trump
~ thu sh"ll VIA - 'rIr- ~ spades and
one in hearts
The ngn from oman. dos not -ea,n
To Nave seen ihi- blow ~ all and nd not .
even take III" trnIh'" - -id"-t"p n Her" .
il his SOLUTION. v-Nlrh D.. gr,-as with the .
ma jorify ~ th,ea recaiyad
We are now horse and horse - Mr.
BnardnlHn vii hav" ~ come again for .
the rubber ! had no trpuhl" IN stopping
thai Last one IT his tins way
n la-is tho tor = hearts and dis
cards the min" = Diamonds = ncS leads .
A small di1m0nd end ' 'Tirnrs II Then
Y leads > small sp'd" nd = tr1mp= that
with the Jacf. ~ that h" can put \ In Nv
leading 'hs hva ot irurT's " dos NOT '
matter what 4 dos wirh has diamonds
a. the ace is ~ No. can make Z holding
over r n 4 eais Low z will knock the
ace and queen together
Compared ~ the first solution this n
simplicity itself WHIT Is u" r,lrter with
Those who found The r,~ra complicated
way ~ doing u Hrn the following 4
Frank Roy. II T. S'rasburgsr
II. Miller, 4 ; johnson, ~ G-rrg" z
Bailey. Ellen Jennings Oscar J. Thpne'
Robert Crothors. g. T Forbes. Arthur l. /
Brown. \ Workman Walters and W
W Coleman.
Thoe. VINO ind"rs. 'ra u'sn from
Omaha IN his solution ,r"
Jams~ Hunter. Fe'1N ! Warren Nar-
rill n knips y - " Ran Kard. y
d Burt " Crnufwel " 4 l. scott
Algernon Bray Burton n Riaur Thomas
c. Balloon. Bsttell Bay state. Wilbur
Y Smith. y Hi. Harrv And les"n. =
p II Frank Rov Victor DN Pont Jr
Helen Dorsey Milton g I-ralI = q 7
Y A Aborn u & ShankE Wallace Harnp-
ton. Igoe Il " HaW kln-. Tramp TRAYS
y = Wilstts Roscoe & Harris q N
Boston W " Dudley W - Iohnson md
Thomas Rogers
II - E"rns time since a NJ tr'Irlpar wac
offered 8ri .lw0s' s5 long sln"s, an sight
oarder wac proposed. 80 here - c.m.
bination II both these elements f"r a
change
HsIray rropry 80 =
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