December 2, 1889.] 



KNOWLEDGE 



39 



Teick 3. 

 B 



Tricks- 



A 

 -AB, 1 : 



YZ, 2. 



Notes. — TyiV/. 3. — Y has either no more trumps, or the 

 queen of hearts single. 



Tricl! 4. — Z's lead shows that the queen is with Y ; but 

 A, nevertheless, passes the trick in order that Y, who has 

 shown strength in spades, may lead them up to king, 

 knave, guarded. The remaining trumps are now marked 

 in Z's hand. 



Thick 5. Trick 6. 



B 



B 



Tricks— K'B. 1 ; TZ, 4. 



rr/e/.-.s— AB, 2 : 



Note. — Trick 6. — A can now count the cards as follows : 

 B has four diamonds, and three clubs all higher than the 

 seven ; Z has three trumps ; and Y and Z have five 

 spades between them, of which three at least are with Y. 



Tricks -k^. ■> ; YZ, 5. Tiicks—KB, 3 ; YZ. 5. 



Notes. — Trick 7. — If A now leads out liis ace of trumps, 

 and if it should turn out (as is actually the case) that Z 

 has four spades and so can put his partner m once more 

 after drawing the knave, it is clear that YZ will make two 

 tricks in spades and two trumps, and will coiiscHjuently win 

 the game. A, therefore, with admirable judgment, refuses 

 to draw a trump, and prefers to continiio the diamond 

 force. 



Tricl; 8. — B's discard determines A to continue his 

 forcing tactics, and to reserve his ace for rutting in the 

 event of Z's having a fourth spade. 

 Trick !). 



B 



Thick 10. 

 B 





» » 



J<^ 



Tricks— M\ ;!; YZ, (i 



Tncks—XM, i ; YZ. li. 



Tkick 11. 

 B 



Tricks— XB, 4 ; YZ, 7. 



'ricli 13. — B makes the ace of clubs, and 

 AB SA\^ the G.^irc. 



B's Hand. 

 H.— 5, 4. 

 S.— 7. 



D.— Ace, Kg, 10, 9, 4, 2. 

 C. — Ace, Qn, Kn, 7. 



Z's Hand. 



H.— Kg, Kn. 10, 7, 3, 2. 

 S.— Qn, 10, 8, 4. 

 D.— 8. 

 C— Kg, 10. 



Remakks. — Trick 2. — As A must have at least thi-ee 

 diamonds remaining, B, who himself has five, knows that 

 one of the adversaries will fall short on the second roimd. 

 His return of the ace is, however, quite defensible, seeing 

 that he is very weak m trumps, although many players 

 would have preferred to open the club suit. This latter 

 course, as it happens, would have lost the game. 



Trick 5. — Y plays badly in opening with his ace, 

 especially as he has no card of re-entry. The rule that 

 ace should be led fi'om a five-suit does not apply when 

 trumps are out. Y's proper play would be to lead his 

 penultimate spade, and to finesse on the return of the suit. 

 Z rightly puts on the eight instead of the four, so as to 

 avoid blocking his partner. 



Trick 6. — ^The ten of spades would have been rather 

 better play on Z's part than the queen, smce the king is 

 marked in A's hand. It is worth noticing that a case 

 here arises in which an American lead would bo disadvan- 

 tageous to the leader. If Y had continued with the three 

 of spades, A could have placed five originally ui his hand, 

 and therefore four originally ui Z's hand, and would have 

 had much less difficulty in discovering the only way in 

 which the game could be saved. 



Trick 8. — B very properly discards his knave of clubs 

 instead of a diamond, thus affording a valuable indication 

 of the quality of his remaining clubs. 



Klementary Expla.natiox of the Play. 



Trick 1. — A opens his longest suit. 



Trick 2. — B follows the ordinary rule in returning the 

 ace at once. Y discards from his weakest suit. A can 

 now count four diamonds in his partner's hand. 



Trick 3. — Z leads from king, knave, ten ; but, as the 

 same card would be led from king, queen, knave, ten, A 

 cannot tell, until Z leads again, whether the queen is with 

 Z or with Y. But, as A himself has the nine, and king, 

 luiave, are marked with Z, Y's eight shows that he has 

 the queen single or no more. 



Trick 4. — Guided by Y's discard at trick 2, A detennines 

 to let him have the lead, so that he may open spades up 

 to king, knave, guarded. Tlie remaining trumps are 

 marked with Z, for he turned up the seven, and his lead 

 of the ten shows that he has knave and king. 



Trick 5. — Ordinarily speaking, Y'.s lead of ace from a 

 five suit is correct ; but here he gives up the only card 



