The laws and principles of whist stated and explained and its practice illustrated on an original system, by means of hands played completely through . 4, 3, 2 . ^ 10 .... 4^ Ace, Qn, 9, 6 . ? Kg, 10, 9, 4 . r 7, 6, 3 . . ^ Ace, Knv, 5 . ¥ Knv, 7, 6 . ^ Ace, Kg, 2 . 9, 8, 4 .... ? 8 t A,Kg,Kv,4,3,2 # 10, 9, 6 . . ^ It may be observed that Z loses the game by bad play atTrick 7. The fall of the cards in Tricks 5 and 6 shows thatA has the queen of hearts, and Y the king. Z should there-fore, at Trick 7, lead the ace of spades to make the fourthtrick, and then the heart, making the fifth trick an
The laws and principles of whist stated and explained and its practice illustrated on an original system, by means of hands played completely through . 4, 3, 2 . ^ 10 .... 4^ Ace, Qn, 9, 6 . ? Kg, 10, 9, 4 . r 7, 6, 3 . . ^ Ace, Knv, 5 . ¥ Knv, 7, 6 . ^ Ace, Kg, 2 . 9, 8, 4 .... ? 8 t A,Kg,Kv,4,3,2 # 10, 9, 6 . . ^ It may be observed that Z loses the game by bad play atTrick 7. The fall of the cards in Tricks 5 and 6 shows thatA has the queen of hearts, and Y the king. Z should there-fore, at Trick 7, lead the ace of spades to make the fourthtrick, and then the heart, making the fifth trick and savingthe game. At Trick 8, if Y leads a spade and Z does not finesse, thegame may be saved. To finesse at that point would bevery bad play, as the ace of spades makes the fifth Ys play at Trick 8, though unfortunate, is not wrong ; WHIST. 203 for Y cannot tell that Z lias the ace of spades ; Indeed, thepresumption is that he has not, or he would have led it. Yproperly plays to force the long trump, and to make hispartner fourth player. HAND XIX. A well judged trump lead, though the adversary hascalled for trumps. Bs Trick 1. THE PLAY Trick 2. ^ + Tricks {y 1; ?
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