Sept. 25, 1885.] 



♦ KNOAVLEDGE ♦ 



A^i:,r, 



(But tmi)i^t Column. 



WHIST STRATEGY.* 

 list is like a campaign in t 



establislied, and Ijrought in by means of a re-entering card in one of 

 the other suits, even though the long trump may have to be erst 

 employed in getting one of the leads required for establishing the 



before leading 



, plai, 



of thi- 

 .t suit: 



-t .' It is generally 

 iiLT up the command 

 usually essential to 



only fail 

 properly, 



In all s 



1 games illustrates 

 ich cases as these. By the old- 

 ill the good cards before leading 

 t :!„'.■ of strength on their side, not 

 , but lose the odd trick. Playing 

 I'hist strategy, they make five by 



111 '1 ' liold on as long as you can to such protection as 



111 the adversaries' long suit, and retard as long as 



\ M, .,,1, I „. , .iiactionof trumps. When you get the chance make 



I'luM u:iiuui„' cards you have which would else fall to the enemies' 



The second doubly-played hand of our series illustrates the 

 general considerations which have to be attended to in playing 

 against a strong and long suit supported by strength in trumps, 

 riaying correctl}-, YZ resist the bringing in of the long suit, by 

 retaining the King-card in the suit till the strong trump hand is 

 exhausted in it. They thus only lose the odd trick, whereas they 

 lose three tricks if they play otherwise. 



(To le continued.) 



In a 



, in 188.'5, the highest rate of profit on a railway was 



t. by the Emperor Ferdinand Northern, and the next 



. while three others earned more than 8 per cent., two 



1 II . mil seven others more than 6 percent. But 



iliin 3 per cent., twenty less than 2 per 



in 1 per cent. In Poland the Warsaw and 



isidor the case where i 

 id a long suit, the othci 

 and thoir few trumps ab 



■ ' ^"■' ■' ■''^ the typ-- 



I' nid we have the strategy for br 

 ill the strategy for preventing si 



m the author's forthcoi 



