The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07

Clubs are trumps and u In in the
lead. Y and z a all nine tricks.
There are several roads TO the solu-
ton. but the composers idea was to
make both H's trunps essential for re-
entry. 80 he started with u small heart.
which Y trumps. ' leads a diamond and
Il wins the trick with the ace.
Now We get three ounds ~ hearts
from Z's hand. beginning with the acc
and king. TN the last round As queen
falls. establishing one ~ the small hearts
In rs hand. Upon the two winning
hearts Y discards diamonds. Y runs
the last round % hearts.
Thc next lead is a trump. which y
wins with the king. This allows him TO
lead his last heart. Upon which Y gets
rid Of the diamond. NO that y makes the
last tricks with his trumps.
As pointed out by several solvers. the
small trump In Us hand IL superiuous.
bu; the composers idea was doubtless to
utilize it In this variation.
Suppose z starts wit a trump. picking
up AS queen. Three rounds OF hearts
follow. beginning with the tops. The
third round Y trumps with one OF his
high .rumps, after having discarded two
diamonds or the winning hearts. Then
he leads one Of his diamonds, putting z
back into the lead to come through A
WIN htSht'A 81 AA ''b'
high, so that he shall have a small trump
left. which Y can win. and so get into
the lead again to make the last tricks
with a heart n Y's long trump.
several thought the best solution VAS
70 start with the top hearts. giving Y
diamond discards. Y trumped n heart.
led a diamond TO rs ace. trumped the
fourth heart and put Il In with a trump
| 10 make the established heart trick. on
utg.1, " 1t..arlg hig l.sf din pinnI Here
| again the extra trump in rs hand Is
su%perluous.
The number Of ways in which the
problem may be solved all involve the
same principle of play. which Is rut!iing
out the heart suit no that z shall make
the ffth card In that suit. The absence
OF special difficulty and the lack OF mis-
leading byplays doubtless accounts for
the large number OF correct solutions.
which were rom:
; W. T.. O'Kane. g. +. Morse. Walker
McNiar;in. y. II. Fairfield, n. G. Rivh-
ardson. H. T. Stockton. H. ". starr. L.
r Burke. g. j Reed. Robert l.. Uhlman
NJ. Scott Lee. l.. NJ. Crosse. Henry An
dresen. j. G. Hume. NJ. II. H.. George II
Glover. II. G. Lester, Charles !. Holmes
Ralph Iockhart. II. \. w. J. Warrei
Miller. Frederic Pyle. Mrs. S. r. Ames
Y. W. White. f.. NJ. keely. Frank J
7 stlleV. ttuTPe ~. fttllleN' u 'hh'itI'
lane. Roscoe c. Harris. l.. s. Hart, Jr
+. W. Trimble. G. II Gilbert. W. $
Hickox. G. H. Gerry, 7. ]. Kline. War
rem Banner. y. y. Shafer. :. Jardin'
Cook NJ \. Bolton. Miss NJ Manley
Frank Roy, Hatley X. Armstrong X. G
Mankowski. T. ". Wortz, NJ william
son cord. lmogcne Dodson, H. IL iiar
ris. NJ. McEvoy. NJ W. Jacobs. Jr. +.
, Drohen. Il. H. Carson. " ~ Fuller, Al
bert Nickerson. O. W, Hutchinson, g J
Nnk. r. X. Mills, Godfrey Il. Moore
N,C. H.. Charles Sauer. II q G. l. NJ
Atterbury. W. !. W. and W. ] Cakes.
Here is anoth.r proposition from n
composer whose problems are usually
lmuch more difficult than the average, Sc
afterhsuch an easy finish II the las
honor list as No. $50. this may put som,
of the competitors to the test.
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