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THE HONG KONG

JOCKEY CLUB

NOTICE TO MEMBERS

SEVENTH EXTRA RACE MEETING

"GOSFORD HANDICAP"

Saturday, 27th September, 1941.

In view of the number of en- tries received for the above, it has

been decided to divide the race into three sections.

The third section will be race No. 11 and run at 6.50 p.m.

A cash sweep, tickets $1 each. will be held on this race but "All through" numbers will not parti- cipate, and tickets can be pur- chased only at the Race Course during the Meeting.

By Order of the Stewards,

S. A. SLEAP, Acting Secretary.

Hong Kong, 20th Sept., 1941.

THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB

THE SEVENTH EXTRA RACE MEETING will be held, weather permitting, on SATURDAY, 27th SEPTEMBER, 1941, commencing at 2.00 p.m.

The First Bell will be rung at 1.30 p.m.

MEMBERS' ENCLOSURE

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 22, 1941.

BRIDGE BRITAIN'S

NOTES DOORMATS

BRIDGE SWINDLES

NO. 57

By The Four Aces

effective

HUMAN

1

(BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT]

A new method of cross- ing one type of barbed wire without cutting it was demonstrated by in- fantrymen recently. Dur- Some of the most swindles in bridge, as in other ing a practice assault one matters, can be executed simply: by allowing the prospective dupe man in six flung himself to deceive himself. For example: bodily at coils of the wire, protecting his face with his helmet,

A

South, Dealer

Neither side vulnerable

WEST

A KQ 1 ❤ 6 3 2 ◊ 6 8

NORTH

AAJES ♡ AJ 9 8 OAK Q7

Q

10 9 8 7 3

SOUTH

4 7 3 2

EAST

A 10 8 6

ریم

◊ J 10 9 8

36542

2 K Q 10 7 6

0 4 2

AK

The bidding

Houth Weat

North

102

Pass

26

307

Pass

40

4A

Pass

G

Bast

PasВ l'ass Pusa

18

Inas

He then jay on the crushed wire, a human doormat, while his comrades passed over or round him and pressed home a bayonet attack. It was remarkable" that this drastic method caused no greater injury than minor scrat- ches and a few torn battle dresses.,

The soldiers who gave this dis- play were members of one of the Army's nowest formatións, a re- connaissance battalion, known colloquially as a "Recky" unit. This battalion, formed only six months ago on a' German model, is equipped with Bron carriers and armoured cars.

Its officers and men were re- Grulted from several units, and

they still. wear their original badges. Soon they will have a distinctive badge of their own.

I saw illustrations of the many

West knew he would probably Tackled Armoured Car make a spade trick sooner or later so opened the ten of clubs, hop. ing to set up a trick in that suit to be cashed when he got the load No One without a badge will with a spade. South won and Im- mediately drew three rounds of be admitted to the Members'

trumps, ending in his own land. Enclosure. Buch must be worn throughout the duration of each Meeting in such a manner as to be readily identified.

Badges admitting Non-Members to the Members' Enclosure and Club Rooms at $5.00 for Gentle men and $3.00 for Ladies (both including tax) ·

are obtainable through the SECRETARY upon

The Secretary's Office, 1st Floor, Exchange Building. (Tel. 27794) will close at 11.45 a.m.

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The play of the cluba and the sight of dummy's diamonds made it perfectly clear to West that the. slum could be. defeated only it the defence could win two spade tricks. And now let us turn to South's problem.

He could avoid the loss of two spade tricks if the diamonds broke a spade mond would give him

roles that this battalion will fulfi. These included trapping an armoured car in a narrow lane and destroying it with land-mines, bombarding cross-roads at long range with a 3-in, mortar, and storming an anti-tank gun with infantry, using a smoke-screen,

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element vitamin B 1, a deficiency A finesse of the Juck would trick. all chits, etc.

of which is often a primary cause succeed only if West held both

of digestive disorders. As the blood the King and the Queen, but a

becomes enriched it feeds and finesse of the nine would succeed

soothes the irritated nerves, sleep il West held either King-ten or

and more· re- becomes sounder in either The nine, would force out East's

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The U.S. Secretary of State, Mr. be odds are 2 to 1 for the finesse of Cordell Hull, has signed an agree- the nine rather than the finessement with Paraguay providing the extension of an indisclosed amount PUBLIC ENCLOSURE

of Lease and Lend ald.--Interna- The price of Admission to the So South, after drawing trumps,tional News Service. Public Enclosure is $1.00 includ- immediately led a low spade. West ing tax, for all Persons, including saw that South, if left to his own' probably finesse Ladies, and is payable at the Gate.' devices, would Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform dummy's nine of spades. So West played his low spade, allowing are admitted Half Price.

South

And to deceive himself. South did, just that: he finessed ten. the nine, losing to East's From there on there was no way he could make, his slain contract:

By Order,

S. A. SLEAP.

Acting Secretary. Hong Kong, 22nd Sept., 1941.

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MODERN PHOTOGRAPHY

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Saturday you

were Oswald

Jacoby's partner and, with both sides vulnerable, you held.

A AQ J 7

K 9

310 8 6 4 4. Q.2.

The bidding: - Schenken You

Maler .P$88. 10 Pass

IA

(7).

Javoby 10

ANSWER: Pass. By so doing, you inform your partner that you do not hold substantially more than a minimum opening bid. If he has a good hand, he will have. another chance to show it penalty double is quite risky.

Score 100% for pass, 60% for double, 9 for any other bld.

Question No. 827

To-day you hold the same ho and the bidding, continues:

Jacoby 10

Разз Pase 20

What do you, bid?- (Answor (tomorrow.).

Pass

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