Excerpt from Whist of the Future: Being a Forecast, Submitting Defects in Existing Whist Laws; Containing Argument Against the American Leads Being Applicable to Strong Hands and Weak Hands Alike; And Advocating With Other Matters the Adoption of the Same Game and the Same Laws for All Co
The existing works on the Game of Whist leave no necessity nor room for another treatise in the lines which have generally been followed.
But the American system of leads at present in favour, beautiful as it is in its precision, is not a system of finality, and will in due course be supplanted by strategy which is not when the combined hands are weak so seriously open to attack.
The reasons for this conclusion are fully submitted, and suggestions are made as regards modifications.
Each succeeding school of Whist is apt to look on the one which has preceded it as of comparatively poor account; fresh systems, or developments of former ones, will be inaugurated as long as the Whist World lasts, such is the infinite scope afforded by the conditions of the game.
No apology for what is advanced is necessary, for our American kinsmen always welcome honest criticism, and give to adverse argument an earnest and impartial consideration.
American Whist is not so hard to learn as at first sight it would appear to be, but in actual play strong brains are required for drawing correct deductions, and for making applications judiciously.
But Whist, as a game of luck influenced by perception, requires tentative development in the earlier leads rather than the immediate utmost exhibition of capabilities to friend and foe alike.
The unreserved declaration of length and strength of suit can only be of advantage when the aid given by one's partner will fully counterbalance the damage likely to arise from attacks. Therefore the extent of detail to be openly announced should wholly depend on the distribution of strength.
There are three cases for consideration: -
When holding greatly superior strength, partners may with advantage convey by their play the utmost information possible, and thus gain a more crushing victory.
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