By Thornton W. Burgess

FLATHORNS IS PUT T0 SHAME

who boasts and brass to make a

name will in the end be put to shame. -Olil Mnillrr Nature.

Fiathorns the Moose. largest member of ihe Deer family, was filled with pride. It is it good thing to have pride, but not to have too much of it, and not to show it. Fiatliorns had too much pride, and he was showing it too much. The truth is Flnthorns had become a boaster. He brzwszed nbout his strength. He boasicd that he fear- ed no one and nothing. He spent a lot of his time showing off. He had quite forgotten how only is few months before. he had been keeping out of sight of everyone in so far as possible bocansr he was ashamed. He was ashamed be-

cause he no longer had great ant- lers or horns, which were the pridg of his heart. He had forgot- ten how helpless he felt then while the new antlers werg growing. Now those antlers were not only fully grown. but had become fully

snPraMnr:R 20. 1952

CONCERNING FINESSILS

mluk arlryureasonably axpcrlanoed yer w so or he knows all there ,”, 5,; is to be known about finessas. and :", .Abm ll: will probably answer with an

dignant "yes" - his reaction

2 being that finesaes are the most '1 J elementary plays in bridge, Yet, he C shcaildn't bg too sun of himself. . 5' even in this respect! Consider the H - ' "" S Iollowing hand. taken from a G99 OW 01 my Way!" snorted 1Fiat- national pair tournament.

horns. and pawed the ground. .

hardened. and had the biggest antlers he had ever worn on that homely head of his. He had polished every point by rub- bing them against the trunks or trees, He had one special rubbing itree on which he polished those ;nutlers whenever he happened that way. Also. he had recovered the strength which -he had lost during the summer.

Now the weather was cool. The leaves of the Green Forest were yellow and red and brown. and the Green Forest was very,'very beau- tiful. Fiathorns was feeling so very. very fine that he just couldn't keep still. He spent much time

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roaming about, and whenever he south dealen Suspected anyone was watching Both sides vulnerable. him he would show off. He would . A 7 y show how strong he was and how . 5 panpypnouusgpmg mu; unafraid. He would do this by .9 3 HISTPIP thrashing and beating the bushes 4. A Q 9 7 6 4 2 TAKE ME with. his great antlers as if they .Kg3 were an enemy he was tishtlns. Q 10 6 5 N o K s 4 3 He would pow the ground with the Q J 10 9 6 W E 2 big hoofs of his front feet. Some- Q Q 8 5 2 S Q J 10 7 4 times he would rear on his hind .y.K3 3 feet, and strike down with his A-S. front feet as if he were striking OQJ 8 1 an enemy. He would grunt. and bow and snort, and try to make everyone who saw and heard him and 10 as afraid of him. l Many North-South pairs reached

He boasted that there was no six clubs, which was of course an one in all the Green Forest of excellent contract, but very few whom he was afraid. He boasted declare:-s brought home the slam.

that if he should meet Buster Bear he would make Buster take to his heels.

"There is no one in all the Green Forest for whom I would take one step aside," he boasted. "There is no one whom I cannot make get out of my way."

No one likes a boaster. No, sir, no one -likes one who boasts and brags. There is no sure: way of making one's self disliked. some of those who heard Fiathorns. and saw him, admired his great size and great strength and thought that it probably was true that there was no one or whom he was afraid. But they didn't like his boasting. They wished that someone would come along who would be a match for him. Then one day someone did. Yes, sir, someone did come along who put great big Flathorns to shame. Jumper the Hare saw it. Croaker the Raven saw it. Prickly Porky the Porcupine saw it. Lightfoot the Deer saw it. Chatterer the Red squirrel saw it.

Flathorns had come down the Great Mountain along the Crooked Little Path. He had been swinging his great head from side to side as if he hadn't a care in the world. He looked as he felt; completely self-satisfied. He stopped once to

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only two or three found the key play - the only play which carried a guarantee oif success.

At most of the tables the bidding was simple and direct, namely, one club by South, pass by West, six clubs by North - pass. pass. D85!- In every case the opening lead was the heart Jack, and the majority of deciarers lost the hand by play- ing directly! to the club ace. disdain- ing the finesse andxdepending on simple ”probabillties'

Tha "guaranteed" line of play went as follows: South took the first trick with the heart queen (East having ducked). cashed the heart ace. discarding a space from dummy, then ruffed the heart sev- en on the board. Now South cashed his two diamonds. With the stan '& set, south lad the club lack and. . y when West played the three. W011 the finesse. .

That was all there was to it - but it would be a grave error to ITPPY AND "CAP" STUBS

conclude that South simply made it lucky guess in the club suit. or to solid that a player doesn't deserve much credit for taking a simple finesse. The fact of the matter is that no guess was involved. and that South's trump finesse. in de- iiance of the ll trumps at his dis- posal, was an albsolute safety play. if the finesse held, South would of course be safe: Ind 11 1'4 1051. Smith would still be safel If East had the club king, it had to be blank, and any return he made would let South avoid the spade

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