The Washington times., 1927-03-23

want to lead away, from his minor
tenace in spades o: clubs. or from
his king and one heart.
AS soon as Dummy was down
fthe Declarer, Mrs. Hubbard. 1reck.
oned the game-going possibilities OF
the combined hands. Seeing Dunn
my's queen of spades and the ace
lin her own hand she knew at once
why Mr.. Whitehead did not lead
spades. Figuring that he held the
king-jack, Mrs. Hubbard saw sne
could make two spade tricks. She
was liable to lose a heart trick to
the king if held by Mrs. Streeter.
She also stood to lose one diamond
trick and two or three club tricks,
depending on the location of the
king jack-ten OF the latter suit. !.
Ace Is Known
BY Mr.. Whitehead's lead Of the
queen of diamonds the ace was
marked in Mrs. Streeter's hand, as
Mrs. Hubbard was certain that Mr..
Whitehead would not lead the queen
If he held the ace. Therefore, since
there was no question as to whether
Dummy should cover the Of dia-
monds. Mrs. Streeter played the s
as an invitation to Mr.. Whitehead
to continue the suit; and Declarer
played her singleton z.
Mr.. Whitehead continued with the
jack of diamonds; Dummy played
the S; Mrs. Streeter completed her
signal by playing the Of diamonds:
and Declarer trumped with the Of
hearts.
Mrs. Hubbard led the 3 of hearts.
She knew she could catch the king
IL it were held by Mr.. whitehead,
West but that If it were guarded
in Mrs. Streeter's hand, it was
bound to win. She had everything
to gain by taking the finesse.
Mr.. Whitehead could see 1t made
no difference whether he went up
with his king at once or played the
4. With the king in his own hand
and the ace.iack in Dummy, he
Knew that Declarer must hold, the
queen to five hearts, and probably
the 10 also. Therefore he could
not benefit his partner whichever
way he played the hearts. He played
the 4; Dummy finessed the s spot,
as the only higher adverse heart
was the king: and Mrs. Streeter
played the 5.
Dummy led the kins 80 diamonds;
Mrs. Streeter played the ace: Dec
larer trumpet with the 8 OF hearts:
Mr.. Whitehead played the 10 of
diamonds.
Z Mrs. Hubbard continued with the
10 of hearts: Mr.. Whitehead played
his king: Dummy the ace; Mrs.
Streeter the a.
+ Mrs Hubbard now planned to
throw the lead to Mr.. Whitehead,
to force him. II possible. to lead
spades from his king-jack,. or Else
q club up to her tenace in clubs.
Therefore, Deciarer led the OF
clubs from Dummy: Mrs. Streetel
Played the 8: and Declarer finesse0
the 8. She expected to lose either
the 10 or the jack, but wanted TO
do so in order to put Mr.. White
head In the lead. Mr.. Whitehead
played the 10. >f Il
Mr.. Whitehead was now in a
quandary for a lead. He coulu
place Declarer with the ace of
spades and the ace and probably
also the queen Of clubs. inasmuch
as the the passing Of the previous
club trick to him evidently was a
shrewd move on the part Of Mrs.
Hubbard to force him to lead either
spade or a club. 1t made little
difference to Mr.. Whitehead which
OF these two suits he led. II he led
spade. he would not make a spade
trick. but he would make another
club; II he led a club, he, would not
make another club trick. but would
make a spade.
Leads Ace Of Clubs
However. the club would throw
the lead into Declarer's own hand,
so Mr.. Whitehead led the lack of
clubs; Dummy played the A.. Mrs.
Streeter the q; Mrs. Hubbard the
queen.
Mrs. Hubbard led the ace -of
clubs; Mr.. Whitehead played the
king; Dummy the 5; Mrs. Streeter
discarded the 4 of diamonds: Mrs.
Hubbard continued with the s OF
clubs; Mr.. Whitehead discarded the
8 Of spades; Dummy played the q
OF clubs; Mrs. Streeter discarded the
2 of spades.
At this point Mrs. Hubbard con.
ceded the king of spades and claimed
the other three tricks winning
game, with 40 for four hi ors
divided.
Mrs. Hubbard played a winning
game from the outset, when she
saw the necessity of preparing the
ground for an end play by strip
ping the Dummy hand of diamonds
and Mr.. Whitehead's hand Of
trumps, so that. by throwing Mr..
Whitehead into the lead after this
was accomplished she could force
Mr.. Whitehead to sacrifice a. trick
either in spades or clubs.