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Commentary From Aintree On The

Grand National

THE CHINA MAIL, MARCH 24, 1989.

Today's Wireless

12-12.20 p.m.-Relay of Service of In-

tercession from St. John's Cathedral. 12.30 p.m.-Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 43. Sergei Rach- maninoff (Plano) with Leopold Sto- kowski and the Philadelphia Orches-

tra. 12.53 p.m.-Rachmaninoff at the Piano. Serenade,, Op. 3, No. 5 (Bach-

maninoff); Scherzo (Borodin), I p.m.--Local Time Signal and Wea-

ther Reports

1.03 p.m. London Piano-Accordeon

Band and Sam Browne (Baritone).... 1.30 p.m.-Reuter and Rugby Press,

Weather Forecast and Announce ments.

.

ZBW 355 M. (845 k.c.'s) and 31.49 M. (9.52 megacycles)

tra with Reginald Foort at the Organ,

2.15 p.m. Close down.

6 p.m.-Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong Kong Hotel

(a) I Used to be Colour Blind; (b) Some of these days; (c) Hawaii 6.14 p.m.-Record: Texas, Dan (Robi-

Calls; (d) Songs of India. son); Happy Go Lucky (Robison)..... Carson Robison” (Vočál) with Gul-f tar, Accordeon & String Bass. 6.21 p.m.-(a) Where is the Sun; (b) Waddlin' at the Waldorf; (c) Light 6.35 p.m.-Records: Frasquita Seren-

and Swingy; (d) China-Town,

ade (Lehar); The Whistler And His Dog (Pryor). Robinson Cleaver (Organ).

1.40 p.m.-New Dance Music.

Fox-Trots-There's A New Apple Tree; Day After Day. Jack Hyl- ton & His Orchestra with Vocal Refrain. Fox-Trots-Heart And Soul (film 'A

Song is Born'); Mayfair Morry- Somebody's Thinking Of You To Go-Round (film 'Kicking the Moon

night (Symes & Powell). ..Elsic Around')...Billy MayerlTM (Piano)

Carlisle (Vocal) with Orchestra. with Dorothy Carless (Vocal).

[6,44 p.m.-(a) Basin Street Blues; (b) Waltz Medley Waltzland (arr. Shine; (e) I Still love to kiss you

Stodden)...Terance Casey (Organ). Goodnight; (d) Every Tub. Quickstep-Joseph! Joseph! Tango-17 pm, Closing, local Stock Quotations, So Blue The Skies.......Maxwell 7,02 p.m.-Songs by Georges Thill Stewart's Ballroom Melody.

(Tenor). Medley-Toy Land Medley...........Anton Barchetta (Lená and Hahn) with

& The Paramount Theatre Orches-i

Mile. Laskine (Harp) 'and M. La-

Winning

CONTRACT

(By the Four Aces)

David Burnstine, Merwin D. Mater, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schénken World' a leading Team-of-Four, Inventors of the system that has

beaten every other system in existence.

A PROBLEM IN LOGIC.

North, Dealer Neither side vulnerable

7 4

J 10 9 4

&

ō J 8 6 6

8.2 L

S

4. K 63

6 8 7 6 2 ♡ 9 6 0.9 7 8 40 10 Б 4

♡ K J 10 6 2

◊ 10 9 4

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The bidding:

North

East

South West

Pass Pass

2NT Pass 42

Pass -Pass

That-mysterious and illusive thing called "card sense" is some-

this was of small consequence in this hand, he refused to part with a low card from either suit. Also note that West could well afford to let go of a club. Of Course South might have allowed the toss of coin to decide whether he would play the Jack or the King of clubs from dummy, but he preferred to rely on his own deductions.

We admit that all this may be

fon (Guitar); Enlevement (Bordese and Levade) with Piano accomp. by Georges Truc. Elegic (Massonet); Fortunio (Mes- sager). with Orchestra cond. by Pierre Chagnon. 7.15 p.m.-London Relay "The Dis- covery Of France". A selection of writings of Englishmen on France, showing their gradual dis- covery of her fascination, by Igor Vinogradoff and Stephen. Potter. 7.55 p.m.-Gennin Idylle Bretonne. Sir Dan Godfrey conducting the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra. (Duet for two Flutes: Soloists: Jean & Pierre Gennin).

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the

p.m.-Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.03 p.m.-A Recital by Eileen Joyce (Piano) and Natan Milstein (Violin). Etude De Concert In F Minor (Liszt); Etude De Concert In A Flat Major (Paul De Schlozer). Eileen Joyce (Piano). Sonata. In A Major (Vivaldi

David)....Natan Milsteln (Violin) with Leopold Mittmann at the Piano.

arr.

Trois Danses, Fantastiques (Shasta- kovich); Scherzo Op. 16, No. 2 (D'Albert)...Eileen Joyce (Piano). Polonaise Brilliante In D Major, Op. 4 (Wieniawski); Romance (Second Movement from 'Concerto No. 2- Wieniawski Op. 22)....Natan Mil- stein (Violin) with Leopold Mitt- nann at the Piano.

sens:

New Variety: Rossini's "La Bouton Fantasque"

for 9 p.m.---London Relay — “Food

Thought'. Three short talks on mat- ters of topical interest. 9.20 p.m. Next week's programme, 9.30 p.m-London Relay Tho, News. 9.50 p.m.-Raie da Costa (Piano),

"Der Fledermaus" Selection

(Strauss).:

Waltz Romantique (Raic Da. Costa). 10 p.m.-London Relay - Sandy Mac- pherson at the B.B.C. Theatre Organ. 10.15 p.m.-New Variety.

J

Orch, w. Organ-"Girl of the Golden

West"--Selection

Anton and the Paramount Theatre Orchestra with Al Bollington at the Organ. Vocal-Holtz Myer And Cohen (Sonin-Davis)... Max Bacon with Örchestra.

Organ-I Want To Be Snappy..

Sidney Torch.

Piano-Rush Hour (Williamson); The Donkey Serenade (film 'Fire- fly')....Patricia Rossborough.. Vocal & Piano-They Say (Heyman-

Mann-Weiss); There's Something, About An Old Love (Mills-Fien- Hudson)....Leslie Hutchinson. Vocal-Have A Bit Of Pity On The Crooner (Aşkey-Barker)....Arthur Dance Orch. Jam On Toast-Fox-

Askey with Small Orchestra.

Trot; Tutti Frutti-Fox-Trot.....

• Gene Krupa & His Orchestra with Vocal Chorus,

Vocal Slumming On Park Avenue (film 'On the Avenue'); This Year's Kisses (film 'On the Avenue'):. Alice Kaye with Cy Feuer Orch. 11 p.m.-London Relay-The Grand

National, A commentary

on. the race by Thomas Woodrooffe (assist- 8.33 p.m.-Rossini-La Boutique Fan-

ed by a race-reader), Richard North (assisted by a race-reader), and Vic- tasque. London Philharmonic Or chestra conducted by Eugene Goos-11.25 p.m.--Close, down.

tor Smythe from Aintree, Liverpool.

What's On At the Cinemas

AT THE QUEEN'S "The Citadel", AT THE ORIENTAL—“Letters of with Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Introduction", Ralph Richardson, and Rex Harrison. Andrea Leeds, Edgar Bergen, Charlie with Adolphe Menjou, "The Citadel" is a story of the adven-McCarthy, George Murphy, Rita John- tures in courage encountered by. obscure young physician and his school story presents Bergen as a struggling anson, Ann Sheridan and Eve Arden. The teacher bride in the coal mines. He ventriolquist, who, through meeting rises to an exclusive society practice in Menjou, is started on his road to suc- London, forgets the high ethics of his cess and fame. The Bergen-McCarthy craft, but is brought to his senses by sequences in swanky New York night the influence of his wife following a clubs, his gradual rise to fame, and faulty operation on his best friend." his ultimate success in radio.

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AT THE ALHAMBRA—“A Slight Cast AT THE KING'S "Port of Seven takes filmlands' toughest "fighter" for of Murder". Damon Runyon Seas", with Wallace Berry, Frank the most hilarious ride of their chequer- somewhat farfetched, and also that Morgan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johned careers in the best burlesque...on West might have been "double-Beal and, Jessie Ralph. The gay water-

gangster films ever conceived by an But the fact remains front of Marseilles, is the background ace humorist. With Edward G. Robin- crossing."

of the picture and the story is woon, Jane Bryan, Allen Kenkins, Ruth that Declarer did make the correct, guess and with it his Slam.

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You were "Merwin Maier's thing that cannot bener yesterday and held:

HIGH CARD VALVES learned from any

GE THE

FOUR-ACER SYSTEM textbook. Ex pe r.i-

FACE 3

ence, close ob- KING 2 servation of

QUEEN.1 Bridge habits

JACKA other

AVERAGAT HAND 6/15 -

A K J. 10

OAK JIX ♣ AK x x

around Cesar, owner of my Marseille cafe, his son, Marius, and Madelon, girl Marius loves. When Marius s part-away in search of adventure, leav

the

of

The bidding:

Burnstons Maler

Pass INT Pass 5♡

Schenken Pasa Pass

players and

TOTAL, CAZANE CONCERN just plain common sense as applied to Bridge are the ingredients that make up card sense. Let's see how it was applied by South at his six- heart contract.

Madelon behind, Cesar transfers affection he has for his son to her. Casar helps Madelon work out her. problem in a unique way, with a sur- prise climax.

onnelly, John Litel, Edward Brophy, Farold Huber, Eric Stanley and that Dead End" kid Bobby Jordan.

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Gangster" Starring Edward G. Robin- AT THE MAJESTIC "The Last

son in a dynamic new drama of a criminal's regeneration, returning to the type of role which first won him renown as one of the screen's greatest character stars. The cast includes AT THE CATHAY "Sally, Irena Rose Stradner, Douglas Scot, James-. and Mary". Stars enough, laughs, Stewart, Lionel Stander and John Car-- tunes and gags enough for any six radine. ordinary musicales, plus a screenful of romance and that extra zing, and AT THE STAR-Youth Takes The correct bid is sparkle that always distinguish a Fling". The simple wistful, yet power six clubs. This will convey the includes Alice Faye, Tony Martin, farmboy who dreams of going to sea Daryl Zanuck super-musicale. The cast fully-human love story of a Kansas message: "Partner, I know you Jimmy Durante, Gregory Ratoff, Joan and the romantic salesgirl who falls have very little in high cards, but Davis, Marjorie Weaver, Louise Ho-in love with him. With Joel McCrea, nevertheless I am very much in-vick, J. Edward Bromberg and Fred Andrea Leeds, Frank Jenks, Dorothea

Allen.

Kent, Isabel Jeans and Virginie Grey.

ANSWER:

terested in seven and would like you to bid it if you have any excuse whatsoever."

West opened the Jack of spades and South saw immediately that his only problem was to guess the loca- tion of the club honours, for he could discard dummy's losing dia-

Score 100% for six clubs, 90% mond on the spade King. The Ace of hearts was played, then a small (a distinct underbid), 20% for five for seven hearts, 60% for six hearts heart to the Jack, on which West spades (you are not interested in discarded the club deuce. Now South led a club. West played the anything in spades). If your ans eight and the King was promptly bid of some sort, do not mark your- wer is an artificial five-notrump played from dummy.

self on this question.

South really only had a slight clue to help him make the correct guess. The clue was this: South from years of experience has not-

ed that defending players almost in variably make their first discard

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Question No. 56

You are Declarer and hold A- Q-10-x-x in spades. Dummy

holds 987-6: You have pn- limited entries in both hands and from a sult where they hold the What is your correct play? (Ang- can afford to lose one spade trick, Ace, rather than one where they hold Just a stopper. Note that wer to-morrow).

West had both the spade and di- (Copyright, 1989, By The Four amond suits stopped, and although! Acés.)

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