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z dealt ard bid TIRE. hearts night OF
the hat, and no ono had n word 20
say abou, Il. A led the King OF dia-
mords and u dropped thA six. The
ace fol!owed and y dropped the four,
completing what A took 70 be a down
and out echo ana q desire 20 ruH, the
third round, when Il was actually an
encouragement echo, Intended 90 show
that II had tho queen.
As matter OF interest 20 these en-
~ouragemcnt PLAYERS T. should b. o.
served hat II y plays mp he Will -
marked with the queen. Tho encourage
merit IL quito unnecessary
But on the -uppos.t'on that no plny
was conventional and nat Il wss Out
ot i've suit. a figured hat X y trumped
n diamond and dropped the queen from
2 he would take a look AT dummy and
decide that Il would not be- wise 20
lead M 20 the king ana queen % spades,
nor TO the trump. and that ne only
chance was the club. II r picks that
suFt A VIII make a little trump, and
that litt . trump saves tts game
Confident THAI, II would get g right
A led the third diamond, hut Il was q
thst rutfei with The six OF hearts Four
re morse!css trump leads followed and
fvs s0!id club tricks o|lowsd them.
Four odd. game and rubber. WITH nine
honors, Just 35t points on the deal.
y argued that a -hould havs tsN-n
into consideration N, possibility that
the echo might be 70 show the queen.
at tho same time explaining that he
Thought u A had only four clubs me
queen would hold. But why put A
to a guessH
Now look ~ r. dtrsr~nos e,is am
bisuous eoho made m the rosuN Of this
hand. II y will play his cards UP, no
n. a. 49, sAat ~ Sas mora than suSN ~
the suit, A will read him for tho Guesn
without any trouble and he win also
see tina n must oe got In TO lead . club
In some other wav,
Tho only possible cnsnos 10 ire spAdA
BECAUSE II y docs moi hold tho ace OF
spades the game 1. sone and the rubber
with II. Had Il played up on the dia-
monds a would have led tho small spade
for the third trick, and upon no Jack
dropping from rs hand u could easily
count his partner for tho rest OF the
suit, and would lead a club In any case
This would have saved tho game and
rubber,
In tho same way the plain suN echo
Mt no trumps Ia worthless II Il has a
double meaning. Many use II az an en-
~couragement to tho loader 20 keep on
with his suit in spite OF any false cards
played by the dcclarer.. II they hold the
! queen tlell klN hnl ueuNe hIlNl NNN lftufT
starts with tho king they will play the
six and deuce TO encourage tho leader
who might otherwise stop, In doubt a.
10 the position OF tho queen. They vii
do tho same thing with queen six deuce
although Il should be- clear that the
queen blocks tho su't.
The only correct use OF this play
which IS usually called the Foster echo
TO distinguish II from the encouragement
echo, IL to show tho leader what high
cards there are In the third hand aut
tho number in the suit, regardless OF any
cnCouragrment or discouragement Tn
echo should he "a plain statement of fac
and the rule for II IL this:
When the third olaud makes no al
tempt to win the trick at no trump n,
should always play his second best. re
eardless OF number or value
When used In this way tho FoEtel
echo IN invaluable rs n warning. III.
average player. holding tho eight al,
deuce or his partners suit. plays tn,
deuce to the first round az IL II did no
matter what hs played and iravrs tn,
leader TO guess Mt everything, II the ri,
IL played to tho first round the thirC
hand y absolutely marked with only on,