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FOSTER, Robert Frederick was born in 1853 in Edinburgh.
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The following chapters on Bridge, which stands today without a rival in interest as a game of cards, are rather suggestive than didactic. It is impossible to play any intellectual game by machinery, and therefore extremely difficult to lay down hard and fast rules for things which must be largely matters of individual judgment. For the beginner, a brief statement of the broad principles of the game is enough. He must first study each part of its strategy as a unit, and should be satisfied if he can readily solve the problem presented by the individual trick before him; familiarity with the methods which have proved to be sound in theory and successful in practice being his best guide. The more advanced player wants examples of the management of difficult situations, and illustrations of the manner in which the play of the whole hand is planned and carried out, contingencies being foreseen and provided for which are quite beyond the grasp of the novice. Both classes of players will find ample material for their consideration in the following pages. (Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at www.forgottenbooks.org
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...at no trumps if you have not a suit headed by three. honours. When the suits are not only short, but are undesirable ones to open, on account of the honours not being in sequence, it is better to avoid them if possible. Some players make it a rule always to lead the ace if they have seven cards in the suit, no matter what the other honours are. This is in order that the partner may know the suit is one of seven cards, and may give up the king on the first round if he holds it with only one small card. Such refinements are hardly necessary, however, with an intelligent partner who understands the play of the third hand. If the student wishes to try his knowledge of the leads, he may write out opposite the numbers of the following test hands the card that he would select for the opening, if he were eldest hand. The key will be found at the end of the book. LEADING THROUGH DUMMY After the opening lead, when dummy's cards are laid down, it may be seen to be advisable to change the suit, whether it is a trump call or a no-trumper. Two of the most common reasons for the eldest hand's changing suits are: to avoid establishing the suit against himself and to prevent the weak hand from ruffing it. In the illustrative hands will be found many examples of these reasons for changing suits after the first trick. In No. 4, for instance, if A goes on with the diamonds, he establishes the remainder of the suit against himself in the hands of the dealer and dummy. It is very often advisable to change suits in order to prevent dummy from trumping. Sometimes it is the dealer who is likely to trump. If the dealer is the declaring hand this may not matter so much, as the force may do him more harm than good; but if it is the dummy that has declared and the dealer's is the weak ...
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FOSTER, Robert Frederick was born in 1853 in Edinburgh.
Studied as an Architect and Civil Engineer, and practised until 1893, when he gave it up for literature.
An authority on games of cards; for the past fifteen years card editor of the New York Sun.
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