Correct contract bridge / by E.V. Shepard ; including the official Laws of contract bridge adopted by the Whist Club, New York, and by all the leading clubs in America.

SLAM BIDDING

A few geniuses may obtain rather satisfactory results without proper tools but the remainder of humanity needs things made as fool-proof as possible.
The system hereafter outlined of contracting for
games and slams has in its favor greater probabilities for success than any other method yet devised;
it also contains fewer ambiguities and requires less
individual brilliancy to operate successfully.
As partnership involves intelligent co-operation,
ask your partner before starting your game: "Do
you understand 'slam bidding,' such as ace showing?" Unless your partner evidently thoroughly
understands your proposed program, you had best
limit your efforts to the less efficient but more simple tactics followed in Auction.
Remembering that after a quarter of a century
of Auction many players still employ Whist
tactics, although calling their game Auction, you
need not be surprised at the numerous Auction
players who call their game Contract but who in
reality are still playing the older game. Don't
argue with them; they may ultimately awaken, but
in the meanwhile many others are rapidly acquiring
the peculiar strategy and technique best adapted to
efficient contracting.
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