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The following is a hand played recently in Hongkong. It is interesting not as an example of good play, but as showing how a generally plan of campaign be thrown out by extraordinary good pyar may lose his head if his preconceived combinations of cards. Y is certainly one of the stro gest players in the Colony: A and Z usually play a good game. A for some repo supposed that the heart Are was on his left not that bis play was much altered on this account; bat that was the only reasoz. (if reason it wers) that he played his King. Z knowing contrary to all reason (as he held. Ace that Y discards usually from strength was himself and saw on the table) convinced that Agents for the Phonix Fire Off on Y's discard was from strength in hearts! Hongkong, 17th August, 1887,
19 what then did A declaro na trampa? Nothing THE WESTERN ASSURANCE COM-can be said in defence of A or Z, but the play simply goes to show that players who are usually good may sergetimes play very badly indeed.
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Hougkong, 1st February, comment on the strast nomenclature. You call
Sis, Io your "Jottings" to-day you! to remembrance the different Governors and prosiding vlcers of the Colony, and nation the omissions in the series. It is a good thing, deabtless, in a fleeting and changing population like that which wo have here, to make some mark against the names of each of the successive otherwise, for the memory of the Colony is cutors we come and go, whether deserving or short and einsive; but, when putting them ou the record should we forget those who assisted at the birth of the Colony, and on whom the work fel!? I say no, and I think the omission streas and responsibility of a Soors, A B 16, Y Z 8. A declares No Trumps.kong) of any trace of the names of Sir Rutber- very marked (and not at all creditable to Hong-
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ford Alcock and Sir Harry Parkes; not a single mention anywhere. And yet to noman has the Colony in its insipionce boss more indebted thana to Six Barry Farkos, to whom it owes the acquisition of Kowloos, and who was distinctly the leading actor in the events of that day, When I saw that one road was renamed " Park Road" I thought that it would have been a graceful piece of thoughtfulness to have added a couple of letters; but the principalstrest in the settlement would not have been unworthily 80 named. Shanghai has dons herself the credit of erecting a statue, well deserved, to his memo- zry: Hongkong should not have been behind in any showing on British soil her appreciation of the BILLIARD ROOM
more spades, and as dummy has only one, Y must have asven. Z could not return a spade and naturally should tend up to dummy's weak
ness-clubs, but :----
Trick 2. A D7, Y 6, 38, Z 4.
This is altogether extraordinary. Y holding five diamonds sees six in dummy, one being played by A and one by I. Dummy might make a trick or even two in diamonds at the end of his opportunity he can make three. Ha of the game, but here if A will take advantage makes the oes, thus:—–
Trick 3. B D Ace, Z 3, A C 4, Y H 2. Y generally discards from strength, but ex- pecting dummy to go on with diamonds he will be able to discard the H 10 and thus show that bís discard must be from weakness.
Trick 4. BD91 2 Q, A C6, Y II 10. Absolutely unfathomable, as is Z'« level:- Trick 5. 2 H 4 AK!!, YC 3, B6. Here Z gives dummy the chance of making all his remaining diamonds and the King of hearts, but A had got it into his band that the
KIMBALL ORGANS. UNION OF PARIS FIRE INSURANCE heart Ace was on his loft, and resorted to the
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remarkable expedient of playing his King to force it out. Y must have played the Ace under the circumstances to keep dummy out, but A's chance is gone. He has to lead up to dummy's weakness, or to Z'e tenace in hearts.
Trick 6, A C J, YQ, B2, 36. This makes Y's apades safo, for :--- Trick 7, YSBC 5, Z H 8, A Ace. It makes no difference now what A leads. If a heart, Z makes his Ace J; if a club, Y takes with the ice and makes his Ove remaining spades. YZ aks two trieks and the game.
In this game Z played as incorrectly as A. In our opinion he should have taken the Arat diamond trick and have led clubs, always holding up the Aos of bearts to beat the Queen and thus killing dummy's hand.
A ran a great risk to begin with in fizessing the diamond for even Queen alone on dammy's left or Queen and three others on dummy's right must kill the band if pone holds heart Ace
The following occurs, to as to be the best way for A to have played this hand- Trick 1 Y 810, B3, ZJ, A2-XY 1, AB
ZC9, AJ, YQ, B2-XY 2, AB 0 3 Y 89, BC5, Z D2, AQ-XY 2. AB I 4 ADT YG, BAce, 23-XY 2, AB 2
5 BDK,Z4, A84, YH-XY 2, AB 3 6 BDJ, ZQ, AH8, THW-XY 3. AB3 to throw the lead into Z's hand and establish heart Queen. diamonds as dummy may get in again with
7 Z C6, A8, Y Ace, D7-XY 4, AB 3 8 Y 88, BDS, ZD5, A Áçe—XY 4, AB 4 Y's hand is now dead.
9 ACK, Y3, BD9, Z16-XY 4, AB 5
10 AC4Y85, BD10, ZH-XY 4, AB 6
11 AH5, YS6,BHQ.ZHA-XY 4. AB 7·
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To which has to be added the balance
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$108,850.26
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12 and 18, AB take the twe remaining To general charges..................... tricks in hearts and gain three tricks, game and rubber.
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