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dealt and bid no trump. which A
oVercalled with two hearts. Now. Ave
hearts to three honors is q pretty strong
hand at whist. but at auction bridge II
is not worth anything except as a de-
renee unless the partner has a no trumper
to put on the table for the dummy.
IL AS cards are carefully examined ~
wiz be seen that four tricks In trimps
IL liberal estimate and that the only
possible trick outside is the Jack of clubs.
That is total OF Ave. II the partner has
the average two tricks a will still be one
shy of his contract and three short Of the
game For what purpose then does he
bid hearts?
III his partner had enough 10 make the
game In hearts. and nothing short of
game In worth playing for, "a no trunper
Is Joke and will lose more than the
to A and b. II AS partner has enough
10 make good on the heart contract even,
Two odd. the game should be safo aRaInst
the no trumper.
That Is the way the UP to date auction
player looks at II. but the whist player
cannot keep his eyes OF those 1--WE big
trunps nor his imagination OF the possl-
bilities OF his partners hand being a
miracle OF some kind
passed the two hearts because he
could not stop the suit. but saw no danger
OF AS going game n z had anything
resembling no trumper. B also passed,
not caring to shift TO royals, which might
drive into three hearts II the royals
did not suit him.
led the ace Of spades and on rs
dropping the deuce Y led another spade
which ruffed. When z led tho king of
clubs overlook II with the ace and led
another spade which z trumped with the
ace. On the third round OF clubs Y shut
out the eight OF clubs with tho nine and
led tho deuce of diamonds through
dummy.
b put on the ace and led the spade
king. hoping to get the diamond discard
II y had no more trumps. but z rufred
| with the Jack and made the king Of
diamonds at the end. Just as he would
have made II at once had b finessed the
| diamond lead. This play set A for two
tricks. or 100 points
Precisely the same thing would have
happened to u had he taken his partner
| out with two royals. as Y will make
| three OF his trumps and .he ace OF clubs.
while z makes club. a heart and a
diamond. This would set the royal con-
tract for 100 points. If Y doubled It..
for 200.
The interesting point about this hand
Is to observe what would have happened
| II Mr.. Whistler had kept still when bid
no trumps. Y. with his Ave cards to two
| honors In major suit and an outside
| ace. will take him out with two royals,
| which will induce b to pass. Otherwise
X would ask for q spade lead against
| the no trumper.
In order to deny the royals z will have
to bid two no trumps or three clubs. The
| curious part OF II IL that no matter
| which he does he gets set.
| Suppose he goes two no trumps, which
| In the more natural course. because Il IN
considered useless to show q minor suit
like clubs except to ask the partner
II he can stop an adverse suit. and no
such suit has been shown in this case.
A will lead the king OF hearts and Y
win hold on for the Bath coup II r
plays the Ave, showing only one higher
| heart in his hand, A will be warned of
his danger and will probably try the spade
through dummy's tenace; a. z denies that
suit by his takeout
| In order to prevent the heart lead from
coming through him 2 will put on
clubs. hoping the Jack win drop in three
rounds. When this does not come on
y must 20 on and clear the suit. as he
still has two reentries and hopes for a
diamond lead.
Through all this club play b will hug
| his eight OF hearts discardinR two spades,
| and the second would be high enough to
encourage A to try another spade lead.
This would let r In with the Jack and
ne would como through with his heart. 2
putting on the ace and making his club
trick The next play would be to throw
| A IN with the heart. 80 as to make him
lead a diamond, but II would never IA ~
| up a diamond. as ne has the spade king
| to make.
This would set rs no trumper for 100
points, instead OF which A got set for
| 100 himself on hearts, and n would have
been set for a like amount at leart on
royals. Counting honors. that Ia at least
1874 points thrown away by Mr.. Whistler
on the first deal OF the rubber, and no
advance made toward winning the game
On the next hand Il was Mr.. whister's
| ."loIl AUCTION BnDGE,"
BY Wynne Ferguaon.