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A CASE TO DEMONSTRATE THE ADVANTAGE BY A SAW.
Suppose A and B partners, and that A has a quart-major in clubs, they being trumps, another quart-major in hearts, another quart-major in diamonds, and the ace of spades. And suppose the adversaries C and D to have the following cards : viz. C has four trumps, eight hearts, and one spade; D has five trumps and eight diamonds; C being to lead, plays a heart, D trumps it; D plays a diamond, C trumps it; and thus pursuing the saw, each partner trumps a quart-major of A's, and C being to play at the ninth trick, plays a spade, which D trumps ; thus C and D have won the nine first tricks, and leave A with his quart-major in trumps only.
Whenever you can establish a saw, it is your interest to embrace it. |
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VARIETY OF CASES, INTERMIXED WITH CALCULATIONS, DEMONSTRATING WHEN IT IS PROPER, AT SECOND HAND, TO PUT UP THE KING, QUEEN, KNAVE, OR TEN, WITH ONE SMALL CARD OF ANY SUIT, &C.
1. Suppose you have four small trumps, and in the three other suits have one trick secure in each : suppose also your partner has no trump, then the remaining nine trumps must be divided between your adversaries ; perhaps five in one hand, and four in the other : as often as you have the lead, play trumps, and should you have four leads, in that case, your adversaries make only five tricks out of nine trumps ; whereas if you had suffered |
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