WHIST.
««Weekly Press and Referee."
SHORT SUIT TACTICS. We recently give an example of the sort of hand that is brought forward by those who advocate leading from the longest suit to show the disadvantages that arise from taking the opposite course. This week we give a hand showing the other side of the question wherein an original leader, though having a very stronig suit, selects a weak one to start with, and gains tricks in consequence, as will be shown if the hand is played over again, leading the longest suit originally. THE HANDS. N. s. Spades Q, 7 Kg, 5, 4, 2 Hearts 4,3,2 A,-Kg, 10, 5 Clubs A,Kg,Q,8,7,4,3 Kn, 9 Diamonds 7 A, 8, 4 % ' E ' Spades TCn, 10, 3 _-„ 9. 8, 6 ______» _■_ —l_ & C_— __—, s Clubs —O. —v -Z —•' DiIOiQJJJ l!;0;i Hearts are trumps.
NOTES.
Trick I.—S. holding the Kg knows that his partner cannot have led from Kg, Qn, and three or more others. Trick lII.—S. has called for tramps. Trick VI.—W. having played the 10, S. knows that his partner has led from weakness. Trick YIIL-N. having played the 7 before the 3 shows his partner that he wants clubs led. This " calling for trumps " after tramps are exhausted being sometimes used to mean " change the suit."
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 9704, 17 April 1897, Page 3
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