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4 dealt and bid a spade. \ did not
mink he could 20 game in spades.
neither did he see much chance for
Eame himself in hearts. SO Il was al
lowed to play the hand at one spade.
A led two rounds OF hearts and then
went through the ace Of diamonds, Il
won RS queen with the king and led
the third heart. which dummy trumped
Then he led the trump. finessed the ten
and a made both Jack and ace Two by
cards for Il.
scored on the Hamilton Club system. this
would give 4 a bonus OF SO. in addition
to the is. and is that would he scored
In any game Total -.
At another able \ bid two hearts. and
y went TO two spades. b going TO three
hearts. At this table z thinks \ canno,
go game in hearts. just as \ thought T.
could not go gaine In spades at the Other
table. \ IL therefore left to play il 1t
;h;ce hearts ana .S's .s how re makes L.
The management of the trump situation.
- as to place the lead. is instructive.
Y led the spade and A won the queen
with the ace. Then he led three rounds
Of trumps, beginning with the two win
ming cards in Ms own hand. This al
lowed dummy 20 win the third round
and come through viii a spade. which
made the Jack good as T. put on the
king.
Three rounds o: diamonds followed
2 winning the third, After that II
does not matter what T. leads. as a
spade. a club and a diamond must
make. Scored ~ the Hamilton system.
his shows a bonus OF IS. and a total
OF SIS.
This shows that Y would have saved
q few points by going to three spades.
Even IL doubled he would lose only
~. and II not doubled 80. This hand
il IN example OF the policy OF sitting
back and Letting the other side play
. hand that cannot go game.
At one table at which A went to
three hearts he did not make Il. be-
cause he led a small trump to dummys
queen and led the spade through, he
fore ~eNhausting the tluinps. This al
wed n TO lead "A club. after he had
made the third diamond trick, and IL
was then impossible FOR Il 20 make .
diamond trick aud give A a club discard,
Is either Y or T. could ruff the diamond.
The Hamilton system Of premiums is
intended To- of1er ar iuducelnenr 10 play
ers 10 get the declaration. because. even
II the other side cannot 20 game on
the hand. they may get substantial
premiums. suppose the bid is two dia-
monds ana the declarsr makes four
ODD though lie would never have
Nentuied to bid 80 many. He would
get a premium Of IS On the Ina nd.
IN addition to the % in tricks and
~ honorS. 1t would nave paid his
opponents 10 risk a loss OF 100 TO save
this, especially II they had an honor
score 10 offset some of the deficit.
The defect IN the Hamilton system
pointed out by several. . ii is a de-
feet. Is the .nequali' of TIA. premiums
for equally meritcrous performance.
a player bids ON" no TRUMP and makes
1our ODD, for witch ne gsis q bonus of
~ fiah the declaration been one club
ana Inc play just as Skilfui to .e,lr.
the four odd he would get ONLY is
premium, but he would have ran tho
same risk OF loss, 30 a trick. in case IN.
contract failed.
This has led to The suggestion tina, III.
premium for fulfilling a contract sbouId
be the same az the penalty for failure.
rsarulcss 81 going game, and that il
should be the same for any declaration
II the penalty never varies. why shou,d
the premium
suppose "" fix the plcmi.m AZ 10
The declaration Is one heart and ,be
pla yer makes il. he gets his "a ,h.,hnr
he makes the odd trick or a grand .1u n
Under the Hamilton system IN. would
v 'IlF ~ I''ll'l~ 4bl lNt Iu!l 1T.,r, l'F
liz for the grand slam
what such a premium .nulild he
might he arrived at in various wiys
One would be to ,tbula'e a large rIu.
her or scores ia order 10 50. what tb.
average value OF "a fulfilled contract,
amounts TO. The IeSults OF eight duuIi-
cato games at a New York cluh, tvcuty-
eight deals to each game, show an aver
age or n fraction more than twenty-six
points q deal, taking both the y and :
and the +. and W declarations into
Rccount.
Under the Hamilton system this woull
be doubled, paking the average pre-
MUM hfty-two points a deal on all full
flled contracts. This would suggest that !
a fair average premium might be ifty
points and that II should be given to
the dcclarcr whether the winning dccI1- ,
ration Is one trick or six. II the Ham
ilton system has been found sufficient 10
onset penalties at the regular rate OF
." a Trick, then a premium OF 30 should
be about right.
What If wanted IL something TO make
players AFRAID to leave their opponents
III on a cheap contract. Under the pres
en system they are not afraid of any
rer'aiation that canno 90 game, and
al they are afraid OF II the other side
goes game Is the 125 points that 90
With il. ~
~ me contract carried a premium will
", whether IL went game or not, Nc
ehould have the same incentive to bid
| ssAsnSs u that We now have TO hid
sSs'hst . declaration that threatens to