Show Mistakes in Bidding at Bidding Without t Winning Cards I IBy By R. R F. F Foster I One of ot the tho most common mistakes made mado in the bidding at auction lies liell in confusing cards which will win win as s trumps with pith Cards ards that will win in any case no matter what is trumps To Tode de declare lare a suit just jUt because bC you are long in it and think it would be nice to have haye it for the trump although h you you have not the ace and k king n of it i is a a serious mistake in the tho first round of ot bids At brid bridge e a a player who held six or seven small smaIl hearts with a tri trick k outside outside out out- side would declare hea heats hearts s without tho sli slightest hesitation because he had bad to todo todo do the tho best he could with his own cards a and d take chances chancos on his hie partner If h ho passed his partner would ha have vc to take chances on him But But at auction this bidding on suits that are not headed by winning cards is a mistake unless ono one is prepared to stick to the declaration in spite of an any other bids that may be made oven even b by your partner be because ause the object in auction tion is not to pick out the thin thing that suits your own hand but to arrive at ata a a. a mutual understanding of the declaration declaration declaration declara declara- tion that would best suit uit the combined hands If a player insists on lookin looking at his hand from the point of view 1 his hiB partner will never know what it is ii in in n the hand that suits lits him and if he be he has an idea that he can do better they aie arc ae working working-at cross cros purposes and may come a cropper between them In order to illustrate the dan danger dancer er of de- de carn on BUiS I take this hand A 4 A 10 4 4 0 08 8 5 3 3 O t K 8 l' l O 8 5 4 3 Y 7 f 10 lOg g u O 82 2 A K Q J Q 0 o A. A a 7 OK I K 97 07 Z z 1108 2 7 2 87 0 J J g O 1 A 5 4 Z dealt and bid ono one on diamond irl irlis j is is 18 a mistake mitake as ho has ha no eard will win tricks in that thit suit wn sit unless uleS t tare are Many trumps players wit j cards would make the same ml and declare a heart but bu A A. pf pro m passes Y whose os only weak suit ii diamond tr trusts his hs partner parner to win tricks in that suit for him and wn g ge trumps ump Although B Bs B's s 's cubs clubs are s arab Winnin winning cards he cannot canot go o I clubs so he passes g If I you will wi play this hand band OY ee te will wi find that Y loses at 1 t points points' on hs his contract to make M tricks trick at trumps no-trumps because beMuse th he can cn make is i five tr tricks ks a. a But if it you will wI give Z some j diamonds diamond ouch auch ch as as' the ac ace ac and w tn instead of the lack jack lak and ten an M o f justify his bid you will wU find that 11 I ej go 20 game on tho the hand without any bin ble ble Jame In In fact he should make malts a. a font fent cards card |