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Clubs are trump and Y Ia In the lead.
Y and z want five tricks against any de-
fence.
The solution IL for z to lead the ace of
hearts and to follow II with either OF his
remaining hearts. so as to place the lead
with a. This player has at his disposal
two good leads and one bad one.
The spade lead In evidently fatal Mt
once. because II gives u three sure tricks
In that suit. would put the nine on
the eight, 80 as to have the smaller spade
TO lead through II after y had led the
trump. II played the small spade on
the eight. b would still have the queen
and ten to cover the nine, and would
make n spade and a heart later.
A better defence In for A to lead the
trump NJ once. wins II and leads the
spade nine through r, who covers with
the ten, Y winning with the Jack. There
In now no way to get Y in again to lead
another spade. no Y must place the lead
by giving II a heart trick. compelling him
to lose both his remaining spades.
The student OF tactics In actual play
will see In this situation an illustration
Of the Importance OF being able to place
the cards accurately in the last few tricks
OF Q hand. II Is mistaken AZ to the To-
cation Of the heart Jack he loses three dia-
mond tricks
A may try the diamond instead Of the
trump, although II Is not rs good de-
fence. He must play the Jack, or the
are looking for. and gives heart
discard. so that he can make his trump
separately from Us. After that the spade
king 10 the only trick wanted In that
suit
z must leave the lead where h. placed
II by refusing to trump the jack of dia-
monds. If u ruffs he will have to lead
n heart or a spade. ia heart. A gets
rid OF his only spa~e and gets a ruff
with his little trump II = spade, he makes
the queen good in BIS hand. and then has
to lead the heart. giving Il two tricks.
On the diamond z dlscards his losing
heart. Now II A continues with the
diamonds Y ruffs and leads spade
through II. so that Y can win the trick.
pull As trump and make another spade
trick. As this will not do A. best lead
after the Jack of diamonds is the trump.
This Y wins with the queen. hut n
finds himself In serious trouble. II he
gives up the heart /. stil In the lead
with the seven. z having mono left II
ne gives up q spade all three of those In
Z's hand are good.
Correct solutions from:
william b. Hart, Henry Robertson.
John II. Whiting. r. Seeiy, c. ". OCon-
sh,nns b. ]. Lloyd. w r. Brush, NJ
Potter, l.. =. Hart Jr.. C. A. o.. Il. H.
Culiis. Chas. NJ Root Bart Fogerty.
Walker McMartin. C. q. Spotswood. u. O.
Braine. a. p. Greenburg. Harris Burg,
Edward Wheeler. Henry Andersen. s. c.
Harcourt. W. J. Cakes. Roscoe c. Harris
X. W. woollcombe Boyce. ]. W. Worts.
d. A. w, c. +. Johnson. II. W. Starr
W. 2. Hickox. T. T. NJ. o. H. Boston.
l.. NJ. Atterhury. r. NJ. Frost. George
Bauer. o c. Richardson. F. L. Bates, NJ
II. Maynard. c. T. Murre!l, Samuel ~ ID
win. Jr.. and T. ]. Cline.
There 10 a difference OF opinion as to
whether take all problems can ever be
made as difficult rs those In which the
opposition are allowed to win n trick or
two. but there are some pretty good take
alls In existence. The finest six card
problem ever put together whitfeid's, was
take all proposition. Here Is ono Of
seven cards.