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the lead. Y and 4 agree to force three
tricks upon A and Il. under the ~restric-
ton that the original heart lead from
rs hand is barred.
That the diamond opening was un-
sound as long as \ had a smaller club
than z had been demonstrated by No
3i2, In which this smaller club had TO
he taken out OF As hand to solve the
diamond lead. This forces the solver
Of No. Sl4 TO start with a club The
trap Is In his lead for the second trick.
1t is obvious that A plays seven of
clubs and Y wins his partners six
with the king.
The return OF the diamond is un-
sound. because IL T. wins with the ten
and leads another club. 4 puts on the
Jack. n \ il lef; viii IL. he leads a
third club. and Y must WIN a heart and
a spade. II Y wins the second club,
he must also win a spade and a heart.
or z must win a club and a diamond.
The return of the diamond was sound
In No. 3OS. because y had tie top club
20 win the third round. so that \ could
he allowed 20 win with the jack on the
second round II \ came h1ek with a
SPADE. Il got "A diamond discard. got n
with the club Eisg and led TIC heart
through y. II \ led back the club
after winning with the Jack. 4 won IL
and led the heart This solution is
irlpossihl, when Y holds both ace and
kins Of clubs.
The spad, lead from Us hand for
a." second trek vii. not solve No. 3li.
Yet that is tn" play picked by the ma
tor'ty OF those who send IN solutions.
although D.; wa stated two weeks ago
that u could defeat that attack by "a
club discard This is challenged by
several # The cracks. who INSIST that
rs discard does no. matter. 50 10 *
only far 20 point on their erro". II
- rs discard that does not matter.
NOT 81.
suppose V comes back with the
spade, Il discards a club and z the
club queen. u = "a in on tho diamond
next and leads the small club through
A. who puts IN the tack, wins the
trick and leads another club. Now Y
must win a heart Trick. II T. leads
heart instead ~ club y wins II and
leads two rounds of diamonds, giving 4
the heart discard. Now 4 Y dlscards
tho club rs five is high, whether z
wins the first diamond trick o. the
Second.
II Il discards the eight Of diamonds
on the spade lead from Y he gets In
or the diamond leads the queen Of
clubs. holding trick, and follows with
the small diamond. on which A dis
cards the six Of h"a -, so that he can
win Rs heart lead and throw the last
trick 10 u with the four OF clubs.
2 may vary this by discard!ng the
interior diamond on the spade, winning
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instead OF n second club. r wins the
heart. leads a diamond and gives A
a heart discard. Now when the small
club comes from h Il is clear that the
four in As hand enables him 10 under
play z twice.
None Of these attacks will solve No
s1i. the only lead from VS. hand
beinR the smaller of his two hearts
not the eight. This brings about two
variations, depending upo whether A
or r Is the winner OF the heart trick
II A wins with the nine ana returns
the six. the Importance OF Us holding
the eight appears. Y wins and p has
TO discard ahead OF u. If r discard:
a diamond, y throws the small club
80 that Y can lead the nine of dia'
monds. taking out rs eight. and fol.
Tow with the nine of clubs. which Il
wins with the queen. Y gets a club
discard on the three Of diamonds ant
Il wins the rest of the tricks.
IL Il discards "A club on As retur
OF tho heart. u let's go the eight OF d!a'
monds. Y makes the ace of clubs. 81
as to strip BIS hand OF clubs, and putt
u In with "A diamond, so that z cal
lead tho three OF diamonds to II. anC
again b wins the rest of the tricks.
If b is allowed to win the heart lead
with the seven. and cad a club.
plays small, II A puts on the Jack, h,
holds it, and must yin a heart tricl
later. II A ducks the club. Y plays
ace and leads the spade, to give u tn
club discard, The nine OF diamond
eShausts A, hut holds the lead thei
the club nine throws A in and he win
the rest OF the tricks.
n b holds the irst heart trick snr
leads the diamond, Y wins with tn,
nine. takes out AS spade and leads tn
ncart, which A must win. Then A ha.
= lead away from tho clubs and mus
win . trick with the Jack.
Correct solutions from
l. $, Hart, Jr., n. Perry, 3Os Chest
nut, George T., Hempel r q. Rraine
T.. NJ Frost, u. A. w, Charles NJ. Root
w. i. W, H. X Thaw, \. !. Strasbur
ger, 9. y. Johnson and Henry Andersen
The cracks are unanimous In ,hel
praise of this wonderful problem. q. 4
Johnson saws: Its excellence lies ii
the fact that, after all that has been ex
planned you can almost solve by tho re
turn of the spade, or me diamond tcl
opening, followed at once by o heart
W =. w, says: Jay Reed should hav
credit for one OF The most remarkahl
r--h!cm5 ever Published The ia-t AT
rangoment, No. 3l4, should give n
trouble after the solutions TO the tire
preceding ones, Vet II does
g.. @. BrH.nc says Under Jay Reed
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