The laws and principles of whist stated and explained and its practice illustrated on an original system, by means of hands played completely through . and at least three more spades in As hand (seeAs lead and the card he afterwards plays, Tricks 3 and6, and refer to Appendix A). It is clear that A can haveat most two hearts ; consequently, if Y leads his tiercemajor in hearts, he must lose the game, as the opponentshave two by honors. But, if Y can give his partner thelead, and Z has the entire command of clubs, or the win-ning club, and A makes the mistake of trumping it, YZmaymake every tri
The laws and principles of whist stated and explained and its practice illustrated on an original system, by means of hands played completely through . and at least three more spades in As hand (seeAs lead and the card he afterwards plays, Tricks 3 and6, and refer to Appendix A). It is clear that A can haveat most two hearts ; consequently, if Y leads his tiercemajor in hearts, he must lose the game, as the opponentshave two by honors. But, if Y can give his partner thelead, and Z has the entire command of clubs, or the win-ning club, and A makes the mistake of trumping it, YZmaymake every trick, and win the game. Y would be right to play as he does even if A had ledfrom only four spades, but the hand is given as it wasplayed. Tricks 9 to 13.—Z continues to lead clubs (see his handbelow), and, whether A passes or trumps, YZ score four by cards. THE HANDS. (Ys hand is given above.; As , 9, 5, 3, 2 4,8, 7 . , . ^Kg .... * Ace, Qn, 9, 6, 4 # Bs Haxd. Kg,Qn,10,8,7 ^Knv, 6, 5 . ^9, 4, 3 . . ?Knv, 2 . . Zs , 6 ... 49, 4, 3 ... fA,Q,kv,10,6,5,2 +5 ? WHIST. 221 HAND XXV. iSee ijeading from weakest suit, p. 222 WHIST.
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