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dealt and passed at most tables. not
feeling equal to the no trumper that two
or three started with. 4 also passed.
The beginner should observe that al
though \ has three honors In diamonds
there Is not a sure trick in the suit, Y
bid a club, more to ask a lead In antic!-
patton Of Rs getting the contract han
anything else. r bid a heart on his four
honors.
Y passed, AS he was satisfied he could
save the game in hearts. but A denied
the hearts by bidding two diamonds,
Having got the opponents into n minor
suit. Y passed. Now look at BIS infer
snccs.
4 passed the first round without a
bid, therefore his diamonds cannot he
headed by any sure tricks. The only
object Of declaring them now is 10 deny
the hearts. II Y has the clubs the only
thing 4 can have outside his diamonds
II In spades, So + bids two spades. With
all suits stopped, Il helped the clubs. but
4 went to three spades. just to show Il
that he was on IN. right track.
1t Is worth while 10 notice in passing
that II would not have gone game IN
hearts IL left with II. In fact. at one
table at which he bid two hearts over
rs no trumper he was set for one trick,
but scored his 81 in honors.
Playing against the hearts, u led a
club to avoid single honor suits and ten
aces. b won the trick and led a dia-
mond. which dummy held with the ten.
Y dropping the nine. Dummy then led
the truinp. the finesse of the ten going
to rs queen.
z led the ace of diamonds, and Y COM
pleted his down and out echo. SO u
Tuffed him with another diamond. \
small spade from Y allowed Il to lead
through the king OF clubs. Now dummy
IL Hnrno1 m Load C,,nlA, ng che 1900
would give one opporent a run and the
other a discard. II he leads the trump,
the spade king brings In all the clubs.
Y won the spade trick and led the
club. which Is trumped. but he failed tn
drop the trumps in " moIe leads. 50
that Y and z made three trumps, two
spades and a diamond.
At the only table at which u went
to two spades he went game. but it was
a game that many might have missed,
the all important trick being secured by
giving dummy one ruff before leading
trumps.
u lead the club and y Won II with the
ace. leading a diamond and successfully
finessing the ten. Instead of leading the
trumrs at this stage B led three rounds
OF hearts. dummy ruffing The third and
tlfen leading trumps. Il put the queen of
hearts on the jack, for fear dummy
woul discard the losing club.
z won the trump lead and led a club.
Y put on the king and led his last
trump, which Y held with ;hc king. Il
trumped the next club lead and dropped
all the trumps in Two leads. Then he
went through n with another diamond.
20 that the ace was all u could make.
The student viii find that II gains
nothing If he runs Y with the losing
heart instead If leading the second
round Of clubs. 10 dummy viii trump
In with III" queen or jack, n Y over
1runps and leads n club dummy wins
and returns the club for - to trump
Two rounds Of trumps and ;hc diamond
lead follow.
Now here Is an example Of how n
double may CIV" tie partner tho same
choice as declaring two suits, although
the double In this case means precisely
what II says that the douhlcr thinks
he can defeat the opponents contract II
they are left to play II. The hand came
up at tho Knlckcrbocker last week.