The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
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Y dealt and bid a heart. At some
tabies Y took him ou with two clubs and
a, others with two spades: only one
yentured no trump. The club is a rather
cowardly bid. because the suit IL far
from solid. and at one table 1t was set
70, a trick.
u led the diamond. 4 innin the
king with the ace. The next lead was
the king OF tiumps. to knock queen and
ace together. Y led the hearts and
. npessed the queen. Instead of making
his ace of hearts wIile he was in he
| led a spade and lost the Jack TO the
queen.
Another diamond from p forced Y
| to trump again. and then he led "
| rounds Of trumps. which was one too
| many. y discarding a heart and a dia-
mond. Y Their tried to sneak a trick
| with the small spade, as dummy still
| had the eight, but X put the ace right
| on and led his last diamond. as n 1ad
discarded a hear; on the spade. This
forced Y again and when he led the king
| ~ spades \ trumped It, picked up VS.
, little trump with the nine and made the
fourth diamond. six tricks.
But 1t was at the tables at which y
denied mis- partners hearts by bidding
q spade that the interesting question
OF the lead came III. II could not very
we'll lead hearts after u had bid that
| suit, so his choice lay " the dia-
! monds and the singleton.
At one table he led the singleton In
spite Of his four sood ttumps and Y
made Ave by cards this way. Dummy's
queen Of clubs brought down the sin
and Y won with the ace. The heart
fnesse held and the immediate return OF
the ace gave Y a diamond discard. \
small diamond from dummy trumped by
Y put him in to lead the ten OF clubs.
This brings us TO the usual situation.
& started the hand Will the idea OF run
ing the clubs. but when the opportunity
to nj is presented to him he does not
want Il because it will take the queen
to shut out dummy's eight, so X dis
cards u diamond.
Dummy shed a heart and Y followed
with 2 club Jack. and again II discarded
"A diamond. Another club allows r 10
discard his las, diamond. and dummy
makes a little trump, The next lead
was A small heart. which Y ,rumped. and
another club induced r to discard the
king Of hearts 40 that he could over
trump y next time.
Blu, when dummy led a diamond Y
did not trump II but discarded his last
club. as he could count Il for nothine
bu, trumps. The result was hat Il made
nothing but his ace and queen OF trumps
while y went game with Ave by cards.
1t is interesting to note that II Il puts
In a trump high enough to shu, ou'
dummy eight and leads either of the
red suits Y will trump and lead a small
club, and no matter what X does '
still goes game with four odd. but A ano
u save a trick by making a heart Or a
club at the end.
At one table at which Il avoided the
singleton. leading the Jack OF diamonds
4 won tho king with the ace. knowins
by the takeout that Y must be short II
hearts A read Il for protection in tina
suit and with both the other suits pro
!, tected himself he led the trump. Tit
iinessc OF the jack went 10 BIS queen
and h took out two more rounds at once
dummy winning the third with tn.
eight.
When dummy led the queen o' clubs
4 refused to cover. as that must he "
supporting suit II he is short on hearts
This forced Y to trump himself In viii
, a diamond and lead the ace of clubs
hoping 10 drop something in two leads
This unfortunate speculation allowed
to make ms little trump, n to force
VS. last trump with a diamond. which
resulted In BIS making both king ant
: jack OF hearts and a diamond, after
had successfully fnessed the heart an,
made ace and queen.
There Is one point about leadin!
singletons for a run tina. many eoo'
G pla yers insist upon, and that Is the dan
ger OF these short leads unless YOU ca
stop the trump lead before all YOU
{ trumps are pulled, and can try tn &c
your partner In on something else. 5
as TO get the run, Here is an eNampl
Of trying for a rum when the condi
u ,ious are moi fgNOrahle The game Wa