The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1910-08-12

necessary to win the game.
Mr.. Bruce cites an interesting test
hand. The leaders method of playing
it determines in which of the five
classes he belongs. On the rubber
game score twenty.four all, dealer
makes It hearts. holding ace, queen,
Jack, nine, two of hearts; eight, seven
of clubs nine, seven of diamonds; ten.
nine, eight, five of spades Leader
holds ten, eight, three of hearts; three
of clubs; ace king, ten, eight, five of
diamonds; queen, seven, six four Of
spades. Dummy holds king four of
hearts, jack, ten, nine two of clubs;
queen, Jack, six, four, two of dia.
monds; ace. two of spades. Third
hand holds seven, six, five of hearts;
ace, king, queen, six, FIVE, four of
clubs three of diamonds; king, jack,
three of spades.
The idiot, seeing a singleton club
and not knowing that an ace, king
suit gives a better lead, puts down his
three of clubs, which third hand takes
with the ace and leads back the king
and then the queen, which is ruffed
by dealer with the jack. Dealer then
eXhausts trumps, leads diamonds and
lets leader clear the diamond suit for
him. Then he gets in through dunn
my's ace of spades and takes tricks
with the queen and jack of diamonds.
the jack of clubs and the last heart.
Dealer makes three tricks.
The butcher, having a better notion
of sound leads, leads the king of dia.
monds, which he follows with the ace
of diamonds and the three of clubs
Third hand takes his king and queen
of clubs and then leads a low club,
which dealer ruffs with the jack of
hearts. Dealer then takes out three
rounds of hearts, makes the ace Of
spades and the jack and queen of dia.
monds. Then he rufus the jack of
clubs and third hand makes the king
of spades. Dealer thus makes two
tricks.
The tinker, more watchful, observ.
ing his partner play the three of dia.
monds to the kind lead, figures that as
the two of diamonds is exposed the
echo, and consequently that his part
ner has no more diamonds. So he
leads his low diamond next, to give
| third hand a chance to trump while he
| still has command of the suit with his
ace. Third hand trumps, as was eX-
| pected, and leads back the king of
clubs and the four, which leader
| 1T .e Il 80
monds. Third hand trumps, but is
overtrumped by dealer, who leads the
ace of hearts and then a low heart,
which dummy takes with the king.
Dummy leads the queen of diamonds.
Dealer discards a spade and leader
takes the trick with the ace. What.
ever leader plays dummy can get on,
and on the jack of diamonds dealer
can discard losing spade. Dummy
then makes his ace of spades and deal.
err his two hearts. Dealer loses one in
spades or clubs. Thus dealer makes
one trick and the rubber game.
The artist leads his king of dia
monds and then his ten, which dummy
covers with the Jack and third hand
trumps Third hand leads queen Of
clubs and then a low club, which lead
er ruffs. Leader plays the five of dia-
monds, dummy the four, third hand
trumps and dealer overtrumps. Deal
er cannot now take another in clubs
or diamonds and he loses the game
and rubber unless he, too, is an artist
and switches to play for ruff in
spades with one of dummys trumps
and leads two rounds in spades. In
that event dealer makes one odd.
The necromancer plays the first four
tricks as the artist did. Leader is
then in the lead having ruffed low
club Leader thinks if dealer has six
hearts to the ace, with the ace of
spades in dummy, the game is lost; or
If he has five hearts to the ace with
the king or jack of spades. Dealer
must be prevented from rufiing low
spades in dummy. Leader leads a
heart which dealer takes and leads a
low spade to the ace, coming back
with the two of spades, which third
hand takes with the king and-follow-
ing leaders cue-leads a heart, which
dummy takes with the king. Dummy
then leads club, which dealer trumps
and leads the nine of spades, which
third hand takes with the jack. He
then leads the ace of clubs and dealer
loses the next spade trick and the
game.
A clever civil examination it is that
Mr.. Bruce proposes in the play of this
hand and it is to be recommended to
anyone who isn't too proud to find
himself graded in the tinker class
Why wouldn't it be a good plan for
the womens bridge clubs to hold year
ly examinations and issue certificates
of proficiency? Then the idiots and
butchers might play together instead
of spelling the game by getting into
the classes above them.