Foster's duplicate whist by Foster R. F. (Robert Frederick) 1853-1945

Author:Foster, R. F. (Robert Frederick), 1853-1945
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Duplicate whist
Publisher: New York, Chicago [etc.] Brentano's
Published: 1894-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

Supposing your partner to adopt this style of play, give yourself these cards:

A K 7 5 3 of any plain suit, and four trumps, with a card of re-entry. You lead the King, second hand plays 4, your partner the 8, fourth hand the 6. As in the " Manual" we must not consider the trump signal in inferences, as doing so makes all inference a continual nightmare of " ifs." Here the 2 is marked with your partner. If the adversaries have each one more card of your suit, one more lead will draw them both; so your suit is established, and you should lead the trumps at once. If the four unplaced cards are not so divided, one adversary having two and the other none, your Ace will be " ruffed " if you go on. If your partner is not echoing, he may be signalling, and you simply save time by leading trumps at once. If the adversaries are signalling, they will lead the trumps the moment they get in, and it is much better to have that matter settled before you part with the command of your suit, especially if you have a card of re-entry in another. I have

tried this system of play for two years, and have never seen any demonstration that it was unsonnd. No information is given to the adversaries, as they cannot place the small card; whereas players who adopt the so-called American Leads inform the whole table of the precise number of cards in their suit, and cannot withdraw the information, even when they find it is of no use to the partner for whom it is intended, and may be used with fatal effect by the adversaries.

The absence of the echo will often be a guide as to the suit going round a third time. Suppose you hold:

A K 5 2, and lead the King; 2d the 3, partner the 4; 4th hand the 7. You go on with the Ace; 2d the 6; partner the 8; 4th the 9. Your partner has all three cards, Q J 10, or only one of them, or none.

K Q 6 4. You lead the King; 2d the 2; partner the 5 ; 4th the 7. You go on with the 4; 2d the 3; partner A; 4th, trumps. At least three cards of your suit are on your left, and your partner has only one; or if your partner has three left, your suit is established.

In both these examples it is obvious that if the echo were extended to five cards, the information would be much fuller, and I see no objection to it; but, not having had the experience at the whist table necessary to con-

firm that opinion, I do not at present urge it. In the next edition of this work I shall have more to say on the subject. At present, the Capitol Bicycle Club are the only players known to me who echo on a King led, having five of the suit.

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