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IN the following hand there is only one point of interest ; but tho 

 whole game is instructive as showing how defensive play 

 should bo conducted. It will be observed that A-B hold excellent 

 cards, having length in trumps and a long and strong suit : — 

 The Hands. 

 P <• H. Q, Kn, 5, 4, 3. D. 8, 6, 4. ■) 



^l&. g,8, 2. C. Q, 7. j 



) S. A, 0, 3. 

 1 D. 10, 9, 7, 2. 

 CC. Kn, 10, 9, 5. 



:S:r 



■ras 



i-B, 2 ; Y-Z, 0. 



NOTES ON THE PLAY. 

 Card underlined takes the trick 

 and card next below leads next. 



1. A leads the penultimate, 

 hereafter, I suppose, to be called 

 "the card of uniformity," from 



2. B leads the card of unifor- 

 mity in trumps. Z plays the Ace 



■ in order to make sure that a 

 second round is not at once taken 

 out. With a short suit he may be 

 able to get a ruff; and in any case 

 it is the interest of Y-Z to check 

 the extraction of trumps. 



1 3. Z leads the right card from 

 his long suit ; with only one small 

 card the King would have been 

 the correct card. 



■1. A returns the highest of two 

 trumps left. B by dropping the 

 Three shows that he had led from 

 five trumps; for the Two has 



I already fallen. 



5. 1' might perhaps preferably 

 have returned his partner's Dia- 



' card in Spades, and thought it 

 best to see how Clubs lay. Luckily 

 his Clubs are established at once. 



7. If r heads the Spade King, 

 I B must bring in his partner's long 



suit, unless it so chances that B 



1 has no Spades. As the score 



stands Y cannot afford to chance 



this; for if B can lead a Spade, 



I A-B must make three tricks and 



I the game. On the other hand, 

 even if B has not a third Spade, 

 all that will happen will be that 

 Y'b Spade Ace will draw a trump 

 from A, and it could not be better 

 1 employed. For 1' has the com- 

 mand in Clubs, and knows that Z 

 has the command in Diamonds. 

 ] r risks nothing by keeping back 

 the Ace, and ensures his own 

 safety, in what proves to be the 



8. B's command in trumps is 

 1 nullified ; -4's long Spades can 



I 9, 10, 11, 12, 13." However r-Z 



1 play, B can make only his long 



H trumps. I'-Z lose the odd trick 



_ only, and the game is saved. 



5 AtE-LE.\ri. — A correspondent 



3 calls my attention to another Ace 



3 lead which is recognised or rather 



- enjoined in hie Club, viz. : — Ace, 



from Ace, Knave, Ten, Nine. This lead of the Ace is now so 

 thoroughly out of date that I did not think it worth while to con- 

 sider it. It is contrary to all Whist principles now in vogue, 

 belonging to the old style of play which enjoined the making of aU 

 sure tricks in a suit, as a more important point than securing the 

 command of the suit. By leading the nine, the proper lead, either 

 King or Queen is surely brought down, possibly both. If King 

 falls on the left of the leader, he can safely play the Ten on the 

 return of the suit, as Queen does not lie on his left (unless a false 

 card has been played) ; in any case tliere is a good chance of 

 making two tricks safely and keeping the command. But if Ace is 

 led originally, and the enemy hold King and Queen, command is 

 lost at once. If the enemy do not hold King and Queeu the Nino is 

 obviously the best lead. Very few players in Euroje now lead the 

 Ace from Ace, Knave, Ten, Nine ; the few that do are found 

 among the last lingering fogies of the old school. 



*»* Through an oversight, the promise to give the solation to 

 the problem which appeared on page 558 of our last volume has 

 never been fulfilled. The solution, however, will be published in 

 our next issue, together with the names of those who may have 

 solved the problem. 



Mr. R. A. Proctor's Lecture Tour. 



1. LIFE OP WORLDS 



2. THE SUN 



3. THE MOON 



4. THE PLANETS 



5. COMETS AND METEORS 

 0. THE STAR DEPTHS 



Each Lecture is profusely illustrated. 



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 19, 22, Tunbridge Wells; Aug. 25, 26, Folkestone; Aug. 27, 28, 

 Matlock-Bath ; Aug. 29, 31, Burton-on-Trent. 



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 Bridlington ; Sept. 7, 9, 10, Scarborough ; Sept. 14, IG, 21, 22, 

 Harrogate; Sept. 17, 18, Whitby ; Sept. 24, 25, Ilkley ; Sept. 28, 

 29, Derby. 



Oct. 3, 17, Malvern ; Oct. 31, Marlborough College. 



Nov. 4, Burnley ; Nov. 9, Stafford ; Nov. 12, Middlesbrough ; 

 Nov. 17, Darwen. 



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Jan. 12, Hull. 



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