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does not suit South's hand, South i will then show the higher valued of his two declarations. If North's re- sponse had been two no trump. South now has the information that his partner holds an ace and a king or two aces. This may justify him in going to three no trump, but If he suit in preference to no trump, he will show the higher ranking of his two suits. As soon as the game bid has been arrived at, North must pass unless he desires a slam. When South opens with two clubs | and North responds with two dia- monds-the negative response deny ing the above described strength and South now goes to two no trump, North must realize that he is going to be called up at his third declaration to make a choice be- tween no trump and a suit Undoubtedly South's hand con- tains weak suit and it is advisable for North to endeavor to plug this hole by bidding any four-card suit headed by queen 10 or stronger. Sometimes even three-card suit headed by ace queen, king queen, or ace jack 10 is advisable. There Is no danger for North in bidding these short suits as he has already denied with two diamonds and So1th will realize that he is simply trying to assist him in building up his hand for no trump.
 If North cannot assist his partner in this manner, he must respond with another artificial bid and this bid should be the cheapest bid he can put in. When South has shown that one of his real declarations, no trump, by bidding two no trump in response to North's two diamonds, North's artificial reply should be three clubs. This three-club bid by North does not signify that his hand holds strength-he may or may not have club strength-it is simply made to give South the cheapest op- portunity to name his other real declaration.
 If South were to bid two of suit after North's two diamonds, North would realize that he will be called upon to choose on the third round between two suits. If North has length and strength in the first real suit named by South, and knows that hand will be weak in the other suit that South Is going to name, North should indicate his choice at once by raising South's two of suit bid to three or four.
 When North, on the third round of bidding. is called upon to make a choice between two suits, Souths two real declarations having been two different suits-say spades and hearts-North should show his pref erence as follows:
 Supposing the bidding were South two clubs, North two diamonds, South two spades. North's cheapest response was two no trump. South then showed his other real suit by bidding three hearts. If North pre- fers the hearts, he should now bid four hearts but if he prefers spades and his hand is very weak. he should simply bid three spades. However, if his hand contains at least one high card trick, he should bid four spades.
 When South has shown two suits and North is weak in both the suits shown and has the other two suits protected, he should bid three no trump.
 The twO-club forcing bid can he used with success when thoroughly understood by both partners, but no attempt should be made to use it until 1t has been thoroughly studied and full knowledge of it has been |acquired.
 Copyright, 1891. NEA Service. Incl
 TOMORROW-Examples showing now to apply this two club forcing