The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-01

There are no trumps and T. IS IN the
lead. and Il want SIX tricks against
any defence.
The solution is for y TO start with the
spade queen, which \ can pass or cover.
the better defence being to cover with the
King and let win the trick with the ace
In this variation b must keep the ten
OF spades for fear OF an Immediate
return OF the suit. which would establish
the eight in VS. hand and give him the
extra trick required to arrive at the
solution
For the second trick. leads the club.
putting u back in the lead so that he
can play the ace of diamonds. This club
lead puts \ in the unpleasant position of
being compelled TO pick his discard at the
second trick. long before he knows which
way things are going to jump All he
can see clearly is that he must keep both
his diamonds, or z will make both ace
and trey.
II let's 20 "A spade on the club lead.
will shed a heart on the diamond
lead, hut II \ keeps his spades and lets
go the nine Of hearts. then Y will discard
his small spade on the diamond Sup
posing tina; has chosen the spade for
his discard. Il leads n heart and Y Is in.
Now gives II "A spade trick and Il must
lead hearts up to VS. winning heart.
letting him make the third spade.
If \ gives UP the heart on the club lead
and Keeps his spades, will play to make
tho extra trick with the hearts discard
Ing the spade. When u puts V in with
the heart. catching AS queen, B will he
down to two hearts and the top spade,
and when gives B the spade trick, Il
Will have 10 lead up n ma jor tenaCe in
hearts in the combined hands OF and
u. because no matter which heart Il may
pick for his lead, VIII win one and Il
tho other
Going back to the first trick. II \ 70
fuses to cover the spade queen. although
Il r. n weak defence T. will make his club
trick at once, forcing the same discard
from y at the sam" stage cf the play. the
second trick, The heart Is the only thing
\ can part with while u is in the lead. as
diamond discard would give T. two tricks
and spade discard would make both the
spades In rs hanj good for tricks.
\ heart from now puts Y into the
lead and two rounds of spades. ace fist,
force T. 10 give up the queen of diamonds.
making the diamonds IN rs hand tonaca
over 4, or he must unguard the hearts and
make both king and SIX good for tricks
In va hand while z still has "A heart 10
lead and put back again.
When 4 wins the third round OF shades
he has nothing hut diamonds 10 lead and
will have governed his dscards accord
ing To Rs SO that he will either make two
diamond tricks, or make the ace ard have
a heart left to put Y IN with, in case VS.
hearts are good
Several got the solution by another
route after starting with the cluh nine
and following with the ace OF diamonds.
They made A discard a heart ani Y a
spade, Then they let Il lead the spade
queen. covered by king AMI ace, Il pay
Ing the -four" Now the ace Of hearts and
small spade puts r in and forces him
to lead hearts, losing two tricks 70 the
ace and ten.
The flaw in this solution is thar II can
safely let 20 the ten OF spades the first
any third spade IN VS. band 10 he cs.9h-
liShed II the seven is discarded on rs n 10"
of diamonds, When leads the spade
at the fifth trick IT goes to 4, who has an
est ,hlishod diamond 10 make
The club opening from ~ hand is OH
viously fatal NJ once. because T. cannot
get into the lead again after \ has dis
carded and therefore cannot take advan-
tagc of him suppose \ discards a heart
ace while he Is in. or he can never make
his contract. IT he tries the spad" or the
heart after tho club opening, \ or II must
make two tricks. one OF them being the six
OF diamonds. the ten of SPADES %" the
lack Of hearts
II opens with the ciuh and follows
with the heart, letting Y win the trick by
picking up tS ungudl i-d queen. Y cam
not afford to glIo heart trick, 40 in