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.

THE FIT OF HANDS

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ding on a suit headed by A-Q or K-Q. The situation being perfectly clear, I terminated the contracting with 7-Spades.
The hand below also illustrates the proper employment of a 6-bid in a side suit, to oblige partner
to decide whether a little slam or a grand slam
should be the contract.
AK2
2 AK9863
* 43
0 A4
* 97643 Y [ Q J io8 5
4 A 2
4 J 6 B 9852
> J o963 Z O KQ8
4 -Q Q J Io 7 5
4 A K Q Io 7
0 752
Contracting went: Z, I-Club; Y, 2-Hearts; Z,
3-Hearts; Y, 4-Diamonds; Z, 5-Clubs; Y, 5-Spades.
Z can now see a certain little slam; in case Y holds
either the 0 K or the A K, a grand slam appears
assured, so Z, by bidding 6-Clubs, "asks the question," whether Y holds an added important feature
not yet disclosed. Y has not yet shown his A K,
so he confidently bids 7-Hearts.
No possible system of contracting is anything like
infallible. At times hands fit better than the bidding discloses; such a hand is given below.
Counting within two tricks of game in his own