Most Sy "alt "card [the A careful consideration of the! kand, however, leads us to adopt a different method. There are five Jeards in the opponent's hands, injeluding King, Knave, ten, nine' and ight." Whichever way the suits jete played, one trick must be lost. 'Even with' a successful finesse the Ace and Queen can only eliminate four of these high intermediate beards. If the King is unguarded fon the left of the Ace-Queen suit, will win over a first round play Jof the Queen, and the two tricks more. But if the Ace is played in the first round and we then return to North's hand and lead a small card towards the Queen, we have lost nothing. We Rave the same opportunity £0 play the Queen if East plays low," Now for whet we have gained. A sing. Teton King would have dropped on the lead of the Ace, which is one Advantage. The Ace having been Played, we offer East some cause to play his King, even though guarded the. second round, thereby. sav a guess, which fs the Zecond advantages it West drops the nave on the Ace and we know Kim fag a. man who never a te can read Rim as having origin-Slly"held a. doubleton King. Knave Jand duck the second round, losing fo his now lone King and sav the 'Queen to draw the Inst round, which "ts "the "third advantage Rgainst this we have the fact that ihe original play' of the "Ace can never cast us tick, Another Mistake A variation which is also frequently misplayed, even by experts, East Most people advocate finesse for the King on the first ound, Others are convinced that {he double Bnesse should be falcon by, playing the ten, Both a or this play purely theoretical and at double cummy we should have none. It grant that for every two guesses we make, one must be wrong and that whenever' our tst round finesse loves to the next highest honour we must" guess whether' the two" remaining ards are divided in the two for-are both held Hod' the "alngleton not lose a trick. But equally, there is a singleton Kings under the Ace and a finesse tablished for the Knaver Lr is ce Feet that North the first "round. of the Knave Jo play by. East, the Queen should be" finessed, since if the Knave were a singleton, one trick must anyhow be lost to the guarded King, and i€ the King-Knave. were Wet the Ace-Queen, we cannot void losing trick. "If Bast play fow. we should play the "Ace returning to. dummy and "leading lain towards the Queen-ten ears Ago snton, whose head ofice is in on regents for many years, have opened, fam office at 82, Old Broad Street, under the management of Se. M.-P. Jukes, Into of China-—on Messrs. John launched from thole of Romigal. The Pacting has been" built to the order of Sfessrs. ig Broth-lors & Ca, London, for account of the Shanghat "Steam Navigation Company. Her engines are upon their patent compound principle. The vessel named by Miss Constance Moule.
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