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• KNO^A/■LEDGE 



[April 7, 1882. 



i'>ur Wlhist Colmnn. 



Sin, Tlir Cliiliiin mc'llioit of •cnriiiK nt WIiIbI limy !)€• intcrciitiTi(r 



• n t^in-r n-mlr-M ..f KNiini.KlKiK who lire uiiiio<iii!iiiiti'il with it. It 



' 'i' to Mur own. 



iitcd. iiikI tho Bcoro ia ko|it in ttio unmowny nB 



rhf lulilition of pdiiitH for the trii'kii which niiu 



n >ri llio olhpr during' tho rulilipr. Ily tho iihiiuI 



l(< niiiy will, I'vi'ii witlioiit tho n^siKtiinrc of hi>Mciiii-H, 



:• WIT tricks llian tho hisiTs, nnil ({ood oiinlH hcyonti 



111 n i|ini.M| for thi> noci'dsary nniiibor of trickx ore tlirown awiiy. 



Till' imirkiiijf i.i oa"ily ilonc by ciich pliiyrr kct'liiiiff a score — one, on 



,.n.-li "iMn. till- usnnl Bcoro ; tho other tho H niiil — ncconnt : c.;/., 



' ■ ■ IV '' I', lio plnyorc — 



1st tjiinio. — Ist hnnil. .\C win I I'V iriols. 



2iiii „ nn „ :i ■ ., 



3iil „ AC „ 5 



>,! "TwI' . Chili Score. 



,. Short \\ hint. 



■ i . . -Ist hand A scores t (' scores 4. 



ind „ 11 ., 3 (.' inks, off 3, lo'av- 



inKAC(l-3) = l. 



3rd ., A .,sinf,'loCscorcs5 + 1 = G. 



Thns AC start the 2iiil i,iiiiie with a iiin;,'lo iiud C points to tho 



Kood. Tho usual niothoii wonld have left them with 4 tricks 



inscored. 



Lot ni take nno ertreme oxnni]dc of the English 2-amc with and 



without limioiirs, and the Chilian game : — 



C'lunting Ilonoiiin. 



1st (ianic- Ut hand. AC win I. by tricks, j ^j, ^^.j^^ ^^^^y^^ 



'Jim} ,, AC .,7 „ )' 



2nd(iame. — 1st „ .VC ,, !■ ,, 



2nd ,, lUJ „ 1 trick + 1 honours, BD win single. 



3nl Game.- 1st ., AC ,, I- by tricks. 



2iul ., Kl' ,, 1 trick + I- honours, BD win single. 



Thus BD win the rubber (1 point) with 2 tricks only gained 



against A-C's 19. 



.Yi/f coiiii(!ii;; Honours. 



Lot BD in the 2iid hand of the 2nd and 3rd game win o tricks. 



Thoy then win one point with 10 tricks against A-C's 19. 



Chilian Jlirrnon. — AC instead of BD win (8i)oints), 19— 10— las 



they ought to do, though it is very unusnal to lose the rubber and 



yet win points. 



To mark a high scoro, it is not necessary to u.se many counters 



—.1, : . . . G, . ; . . =7, i'c, &c., or any bettor way. 



It is an objection to win the rubber and }-et lose points, but this 



is not so objectionable as to win the rubber with 2 tricks against 19, 



or even with 10 against 19. Dicky. 



Dear Fivk, — 1 enclose a letter from S. B., asking how " The 

 Great Vienna Coup r.t Double Dummy," is to be solved. Will you 

 give the problem next week ? I thought two or three jears ago I 

 had solved tho problem, but I cannot at the moment recall how it 

 is to be solved, if, in the fourth round, 1' discards a Heart. I'oi^then, 

 if .4 loads Heart, and /! (dummy), after taking four tricks in Hearts, 

 loads the long Heart, how is A to play ? If ho play small Diamond, 

 V thniws a Diamond and makes his King of Spades in tho last 

 round ; if A play Spade (Jueen, ¥ throws a spado and makes his 

 third Diamond in the last round. Of conr.so it is all plain sailing 

 enough if )'. at fourth round, discards cither n Diamond or a Spade. 

 I take it this is S. B.'s dilficulty, as he says he can sec how twelve 

 tricks can be taken but not the thirteenth. Ki>itor. 



PROBLKM IV. 



in led, and second player has nine and Knave of Clubs, bo is said t<i 

 hold tho Fuurchctto to the ten. 



D. f)'C. MiLKV.— L'hdor what limitations would yon play what 

 yi.ii stylo the " intormo<ii;ite call ? " For instance, yonr partner 

 loads King, followed by Queen of a suit, in which you hold nine, 

 three, and two, and you recommend throwing tho nine and three 

 instead of the three and two in nignalliiig. But might not that 

 leave him in doubt whether one of the o'lvcrsarics was not signalling 

 too ? Thus, suppose the cards to fall thus. King, Ace, nine, seven, 

 and when your partner again gets the lead that tho next round in 

 the suit falls thus (^ucon, four, three, eight. Vour partner >ec8 

 clearly that you have signalled. But the two has not fallen, and he 

 does not hold it himself, nor, obviously, does fourth player. Would 

 ho not naturally infer that second player held the two and had 

 commenced a signal (though ho had already had a lead, and had not 

 led trumps) ? It happens at times tliat a double signal is given 

 in this way. How is your partner to know it bos not huppcne<l 

 in such a case as 1 have suggested ? 



Lord Lvttox as a Wmist Player. — Lord Lytton was very fond 

 of whist, and he and I both belonged to tiio well-known Portland 

 Club, in which were to be found many of the celebrated jilayer 

 the day. He never showed the slightest disposition of a gam' 

 He played tho game well, and without excitement or temper, ;::. i 

 apparently his whole attention was concentrated upon it ; but it wom 

 curious to SCO that at every interval that occuiTcd in the rubbers ho 

 would rush off to a writing-table, and with equally concentrated 

 attention proceed with some literary work until called again to take 

 his place at the whist-table. There was a member of the club, a 

 very harmless, inoffensive man, of the name of Townond, for whom 

 Lord Lytton entertained a mortal antipathy, and would never play 

 whist whilst that gentleman was in the room. Ho firmly believed 

 that ho bronght him bad luck. I was witness to what must he 

 termed an odd coincidence. One afternoon, when Lord Lytton ■■ - 

 playing, and had enjoyed an uninterrupted run of luck, it sudd' 

 turned, upon which he exclaimed, " 1 am sure that Mr. Townemi 

 come into the club." Some three minutes after, just time em^ ._ 

 to ascend the stairs, in walked this unlucky personage. 1. 

 Lytton, as soon as the i-ubbor was over, left the table aud diil 

 renew the play. — From Sergeant Ballantiue's "Experiences ■ ' 

 Barrister's Life." 



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IV. 



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Clodd 163 



Dr. .Andrew 

 I'.L.S. Part 



W. F. Tlic term Fonrchotio is used by CaTOndish for the two 

 cords abovj und below a ojird alrcaily playctl. Thus, if ten of Clubs 



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