Judge — May 4, 1929 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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To dine at Europe’s famous restaurants... Go to the Inn of William the Conqueror for that particular poulet and that particular trout from the fresh water tank... to Deux Perdrix in Dijon for partridge or escargots to your heart’s content... to the Colombe d’Or at St. Paul du Var, if it’s having its usual miraculous way with lobsters. En route to Europe you need suffer impatience. Poulet Metternich ala Cunard suggests that M’sieu Paul, domiciled be- tween Cabourg and Deauville, may be a plural gentleman... And Homard Cardinal, although it may make you homesick for St. Paul da Var, consoles you, because it is another Cunard specialty... and because you enjoy it in delightful company on the shortest way over to Europe's particularly famous restaurants. TO FRANCE AND ENGLAND AQUITANIA May 8 + May 29+ June 19 BERE MAURETANIA See Your Local Agent THE SHORTEST BRIDGE TO EUROPE Mr. Lenz will welcome correspondence from Judce readers and will give advice and answer questions related to Auction and Contract provided correspondents send stamped addressed lopes for reply. Letting four Aces die on one deal seems like the last word in Bridge fatalities. Rather naively, the question was asked whether this occurred on a No Trump deal or with a declared trump. We have all heard the story of the expert player who was. so dis- usted with his partner's play, that, when the poor drib made a misdeal, the expert asked with feigned anxiety artner, can’t you even deal?” till, to los Trumps is a f one’s Ace of that appears be- yond the scope of our very best bad pl but th However, a sister story to last ers. It was done, once, 's another tale, week's is that of a certain good doctor who held four Aces against an adverse contract 1 played the hand so unfortunately that he succeeded in’ salvaging but one trick on the deal. ed in the West position, the doctor bid two No Trumps: 9 OK QI 103 ak J 1064 North and East passed, but South bid three Diamonds and West. trusting his partner could produce one trick, doubled. West's original two-bid and sub- sequent double were rather spec ulative, but South’s bid for a lead was thoroughly sound. Some play- ers in South's position, after be- ing doubled, would have shown their second suit, but such strat- egy did not tempt South to re- 24 open the bidding after the other players had passed. Now, West, a player of the old school, did not believe in the cashing in 2 playing inst a trump declaration, “Aces were made to take Kings or Queens and there is no sense in just laying them down.” So, a low Club was the open ing lead and East's Queen was taken by the King. The Clubs was returned and the trumped. A trump | s won by iv st’s Ac aring to lead, or underle another Ace, he led back his which South won and discarded a Spade from dummy on the ten of Clubs. West. at the six of Clubs was now the ranking ecard of all the Clubs, and, together with the last Club, would allow dummy to shake two more Spades, proceeded these lines, greatly to the anguish of the ad who rememb The King of Spades was the next lead, but West played low, and as nothing was to be gained by trumping in dummy with the Jast trump, a Heart was dis urded. Now the Queen of Spades was led, covered and trumped. This play established the nine of Spades and the Declarant sue ceeded in scoring a Little Sh: Hthough the four Aces were held against him, West's play, after the opening lead, was quite normal, and South merely accepted what the gods provided. It is true that some players do not always re- ber when a six will beat five, or even when a nine is high, but, at any rate, scoring a Little Slam at a declared trump, against four adverse Aces, must stand as a record. It may be tied, but cannot be beaten, comicbooks.com