Third Hand.—The leader's partner.
Unblocking.—Getting rid of any card which might stop the run of a long suit.
Weakness.—Inability to stop a suit.
Weak Suits.—Those in which tricks are impossible, or very improbable.
- Aces, second hand, playing, [23]
- Advantages of discarding strength, [41]
- Avoid leading certain combinations, [27]
- Avoid leading trumps, [57]
- Bad red-suit makes, [22]
- Beating dummy's cards, [43]
- Black suit declarations, [16]
- Bridge, duplicate, [97]
- Bridge for three players, [96]
- Bridge, laws of, [101]
- Bridge, progressive, [98]
- Bystanders, [125]
- Cards played in error, [120]
- Chicane and double chicane, [7]
- Choice of seats and cards, [1]
- Clubs, [16]
- Combining hands of dealer and dummy, [64]
- Commanding card, holding up, [54]
- Conversation of the game, [4]
- Covering honours with honours, [42]
- Cutting, [104]
- Cutting for the right to play, [1]
- Cutting out, [105]
- Dealer's play at no-trump, [53]
- Dealer's play with a declared trump, [45]
- Dealer's play with a trump, [49]
- Dealing, [1], [107]
- Declaration, the, [9]
- Declaring trumps, [110]
- Determining value of the rubber, [9]
- Diamond make, rules for, [16]
- Diamonds, [14]
- Different systems of discarding, [39]
- Discard after showing a suit, [38]
- Discard, the reverse, [41]
- Discarding, [38]
- Discarding, hints on, [41]
- Discarding strength always, [38]
- Don't change suits, [48]
- Don'ts for bridge players, [58]
- Doubling no-trumpers, [23]
- Doubling, rules for, [23]
- Doubling spades, [23]
- Doubling trick values, [3]
- Doubling with success, [22]
- Doubtful no-trumpers, [43]
- Dummy, [114]
- Dummy bridge, [64]
- Dummy's hand and duties, [4]
- Dummy holding tenaces, [43]
- Duplicate bridge, [97]
- Echo at no trump, [45]
- Echo, the, [44]
- Echo to show you can ruff, [45]
- Eleven, the rule of, [30]
- Entry, rights of, [106]
- Error, cards played in, [120]
- Estimating value of hands, [22]
- Examples of original leads, [32]
- Examples of original makes, [20]
- Exposing cards before play, [116]
- Exposing cards during play, [117]
- Finessing, [66]
- Finessing by the dealer, [57]
- Finessing on partner's lead, [44]
- First trick, after the, [34]
- Forcing the strong trump hand, [35]
- Forming tables, [104]
- Fourth-best leads, [30]
- Game, points in the, [2]
- General rules of play, [123]
- Giving partner information, [29]
- Glossary, [130]
- Going over, [111]
- Good suits to lead, [29]
- Guarded suits, meaning of, [12]
- Hand, estimating value of, [22]
- Heart contention, [26]
- Hearts, [13]
- Hearts instead of no-trump, [13]
- Hearts led at double no-trump, [26]
- Hearts, rules for make, [14]
- High cards, second hand, [43]
- Hints for discarding, [41]
- Holding a combination, [56]
- Holding up the command, [55]
- Honours are a separate score, [2]
- Honours, value of, [7]
- Honours when there is trump, [7]
- Honours when there is no trump, [7]
- Illustrative hands, [73]
- Importance of good makes, [10]
- Importance of the score, [9]
- Inferences, [62]
- Inferring what dealer holds, [48]
- Judgment in the makes, [10]
- Keeping command of a suit, [73]
- Laws of bridge, [101]
- Lead when partner has doubled, [25]
- Leading aces first, [29]
- Leading from three honours, [29]
- Leading from weakness to strength, [34], [56]
- Leading high cards, [27]
- Leading red suits instead of black, [51]
- Leading short suits, [36]
- Leading through strength, [56]
- Leading to partner's suit, [48]
- Leading trumps, [46]
- Leading up to weakness, [31]
- Leading weak suits, [51]
- Leads out of turn, [117]
- Letting the weak hand ruff, [47]
- Longest suit should be played first, [54]
- Makes, examples of original, [20]
- Makes, passed, [19]
- Making the trump, [10]
- Making up the table, [1]
- Mannerisms, [59]
- Memory, [60]
- Method of scoring, [6]
- Misdeals, none in bridge, [2]
- New cards, [125]
- New deal, [108]
- Non-dealer's play against a declared trump, [27]
- Non-dealer's play at no-trump, [47]
- Non-dealer's play, second hand, [42]
- Non-dealer's play, third hand, [43]
- No-trump declaration by dealer, rules for, [12]
- No-trump makes, [10]
- Object of leading through strength, [56]
- Object of the game, [2]
- Opening leads at "no-trump," [50]
- Opening leads, examples of, [32]
- Original lends against a declared trump, [28]
- Original leads in no-trump, [52]
- Original leads with a trump, [28]
- Original makes, examples of, [20]
- Original no-trump makes, [17]
- Partner doubles, suit to lead, [22]
- Partner's suit, leading to, [49]
- Passed makes, [19]
- Placing aces, second hand, [43]
- Placing cards by eleven rule, [30]
- Play of the cards, [4]
- Players, number of, [1]
- Playing your suit, not partner's, [49]
- Points in the game, [2]
- Preventing revokes, [6]
- Probable value of partner's hand, [11]
- Progressive bridge, [98]
- Protection, or guarded suits, [12]
- Protecting suits and honours, [42]
- Rank of cards in cutting, [1]
- Rank of cards in play, [4]
- Redoubling trick values, [3], [4]
- Re-entry cards, [77]
- Returning partner's suits, [48]
- Reverse discards, [41]
- Revoke, the, [121]
- Revoke, to prevent a, [6]
- Rights of entry, [106]
- Rubber, the, [101]
- Rubber points added, [2]
- Ruff before leading trumps, [83]
- Rules for discarding, [38], [41]
- Rules for doubling, [23]
- Rules for finessing, [59], [66]
- Rules for forcing, [35]
- Rules for inferences, [62]
- Rules for leading short suits, [36]
- Rules for leading trumps, [46]
- Rules for no-trump makes, [12]
- Rules for passed makes, [19]
- Ruled for playing to the score, [9]
- Score-sheet, how used, [8]
- Scoring, [6], [101]
- Scoring, knowledge of, [9]
- Scoring, method of, [8]
- Second-hand play, dealer and dummy, [65]
- Second-hand plays, [67]
- Seeing dummy's hand, [27]
- Short suits, when to lead, [36]
- Shuffling, [107]
- Shuffling the still pack, [1]
- Slams and their value, [7]
- Spade makes, defensive, [17]
- Spades, [16]
- Specimen score-sheet, [8]
- Suggestions for doubting, [23]
- Suggestions for the non-dealer, [63]
- Table of honour values, [7]
- Table of leads at no-trump, [52]
- Tables, forming, [104]
- Taking the lead, [54]
- Three-handed bridge, [96]
- Trick values, table of, [3]
- Trump, declaring the, [3]
- Trump, the, [102]
- Trumps, avoid leading, [57]
- Trumps, declaring, [110]
- Trumps, how made, [5]
- Trumps, leading, [46]
- Unblocking, [53]
- Value of any hand, [22]
- Value of partner's hand, [11]
- Value of trumps you hold, [23]
- Weak no-trump makes, [21]
- Weakness, leading up to, [31]
- Weak suits at doubled no-trump, [31]
- Weak-suit convention, [25]