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lead. Y and z want four tricks.
In order to give y a line on the de-
fence that A will adopt, z starts with
the queen Of spades. which gives A o
lines Of defence to select from, each OF
which will be met by a different attack
from 2 and discard from Y.
l.. IL A discards the seven Of dia-
monds, Y gets rid OF the king Of that
suit. so tina z may lead a diamond for
the next trick. Again A has three lines
Of play open to him-to pass II up. to
trump with the deuce or to trump with
the queen.
II A passes. dtscarding a heart, Y
rufus and leads two rounds Of hearts.
king first. Y discarding the spade on the
winning heart and trumping the second
one just high enough to e a rs trump
queen OF trumps.
II A trumps the diamond at all. ne
should do so with the queen. as the
small trump would be thrown away.
Then II he leads either Of his hearts. Y
puts on the king and Y discards the
spade, after which Y and Il must make
two trump tricks. II A leads the trump
instead OF the heart. z make two trumps
and the five OF spades.
.. II A discards n heart on the hrs'
trick. Y also discards a heart. but u
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trick. Y winning II with the king. Y
makes the king OF hearts. giving u the
spade discard. ard then leads The trump.
3. II A trumps the first trick with the
smaller OF his two clubs. Y overtrumps
with the elk and leads out both his red
kings. Then he leads a heart and u
must make a trump.
4. II A trumps the first trick with
the queen OF clubs Y discards a small
$3.50. .aN ANs,
trump tricks II \ leads the trump. II
he leads either Of the red suits Y makes
two kings before leading the trump.
As G. r. Johnson remarks; This
problem IL mighty strong for It's size
j II. Reeves says: AN astonishing
number Of variations for only five cards
and only one KEY move"
In answer TO several inquiries from
those who led two rounds Of hearts in
No. $50 n who still insist that 1t will
solve the problem the following explana-
ton is offered
When z start. correctly with the ace
o. hearts all must follow suit. but the
moment u leads another heart, no mat
ter which. ne gives r an opportunity
10 discard the ace Of diamonds. while
a wins the hear. trick with the king.
This enables 4 to lead a diamond
without having the lead taE'u ava,
from him by rs ace, and the lead takes
out Of Is hand the only card with
which he could throw the lead later,
As u still has the top heart for tho
third trick. A can put him In when he
has nothing hut spades left, and must
lead that suit uN to u.
II T. plays the ace OF spades IL II evil
dent that y will make two spades aud
a club. II u leads a small spade II
wins /, and puts A in with the club 10
make another diamond trick, giving Y
a hear, trick at the end.
BRIDGE HONOR LIST.
The four problems selected from the
last series ~ ten were Nos. STj, 376.
AS and $50. No 81 was not included
in the list because II was n peculiarly
complicated rullo proposition. with ~
many variations that II was difficult Ia
convince ~solvers who got a number ~
them right that they had not covered
the ground.
Nos. 375 and asa were by r. g, Man
kowski and were both fine specimens Of
his skill as a composer. the theme being
entirely different in each case.
No. as was by jay Reed. who can
always y. depended on for something
out Of the ordinary. which viii make tho
solvers sit up and take notice. There
are no ten minute solutions for his
problems and no one boasts that no
solved one without laying out tho cards.
No 27s was by Marry Roardman. who
has always led the pitching STAFF when
II comes to putting problems over the
plate with q curve to them that No
one but an honor list man can master
The cracks register fewer hits on Board
man than they get on any Of the Others
in the composers league.
In the series before this three of these
ga mo pitchers went Into the box and