Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-12-18
Contract Bridge

mona was ruffed. A low spade
was led from the West hand. The
finessed Q lost to the K of spades,
but that was the only trick won by
defenders. The declaring side held
two good spades and declarer held
nothing outside except his long
trumps.
Suppose the opening lead had
been the 2 Of spades, instead of a
club. The small slam contract
would have been even easier for
declarer. He could have won the
first trick with dunn1y,s Ace. The
@ and j Of trumps would have been
led. A low club would have given
declarer entry to his hand. He
would have led another round of
trumps. Three added club tricks
would have been taken. On the
last Of these declarer would have
let go his only diamond. After
which one defensive trick in spades
would have been given North and
South, insuring the small slam.
An opening lead of trumps would
have made things as easy for de-
clarer as the opening spade lead.
The Ace Of clubs would have given
him entry to lead his third heart.
A discard Of his only diamond
would have been taken on dummy's
fourth club trick, then a single
spade trick lead would have been
given defenders.
Leading off the Ace Of diamond
would have given defenders only a
single trick. Trumps would have
been pulled, then four club tricks
and the good @ Of diamonds would
have been taken, On this @ of
diamonds and the fourth club trick
declarer would have let go two
spades, giving him a small slam.
The contract was unbeatable.
DR.. E. Fletcher Ingalls, of Chicago.
The last words DR.. Ingalls, wrote
were, THE pain finally attacks the
vagus and the heart is stopped
stung to death by pain" A month
after this was published, DR..
Ingalls, was dead.
Graphic but Fictional
A graphic account. although
fictional, is that in the story called
"The Surgeon Talks" in Round
the Red Lamp: Men die of the
diseases which they have studied
most. You couldn't have a
clearer case than that of poor Old
Walker of st. Christopher's. =. :.
Walker was one of the best men
in Europe on nervous disease. . 1.
I was his clinical assistant at the
time. Walker was lecturing on
locomotor ataxia to a Wardful OF
youngsters. He was explaining
that one Of the early signs of the
complaint was that the patient
could not put his heels together
with his eyes shut without stag
gering. AS he spoke, he suited the
, action to the word. I don't sup
pose the boys noticed anything. l
did, and so did he, though he I'M
, ished his lecture without a sign.
: "When it was over he came into
nv room and lit cigaret.
: "'Just run over my refieXes,
Smith, said he.
, There was hardly a trace OF
them left. I tapped away at his
knee-tendon, and might as well
have tried to get jerk out Of that
sofa-cushion. He stood with his
ewes shut again, and he swayed
? like a bush in the wind.
ut took five years to kill him,
and he stood it we'll He kept an
admirable record Of his own symp-
: toms. and worked out the eye
changes more fully than has ever
: been done. When the ptosis got
, very bad he would hold his eyelid
I'D with one hand while he wrote.
{ Then, when he could not co-ordi-
] nate his muscles to write, he die
ltated to his nurse. So died, in the
: odour Of science, James Walker
[ LACE A."