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ý.. 1 M Tiie Canadian Champion, Wednosday, Doc. 14, 1966 Ul *L.t's Play Bridge. by bill cota( Suppose tat you were in j choce of lwo pays in order to take 12 trtcks. The first play offered a 30 per cent chance f success und the se- cond play offered a 50 per cent chance of success. Whîch one woutd you choose? t know tht the unsiver would seem obvious but il could ýbe wroxg. Thse correct axuwer dcpends on what the play; are. Lts taeaa ok ai lthis hand which occurred in a tub- ber bridge match. The dealer ix North and North - Souh are vuueruble. 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Bt if itet hertsdot spUt.cucaiflt ts-y lite spltude inse. - ryJh Opdefiesie odro pas moren tmportuloftitan rite choance ota success th ch l limsue u ue pa ai conîruebridge atepltiti aintrmd.idgo, hae Ith* piavs n.mImd. deethc oxe ' vstin fit-sI on ie buis lieotaIiflfis, outcun lii) M t-vlifit isecndoe. nst L te sekcn n. alt LAloBrideCluwinere: i ted Atonridge JckCurts ud Geo frgeso, Jacntit Pl efa- es and Cum Sinclair; third, Kav Cum.tbell and Bill Coals. Sombre omens of Christmas 'tMerry' Christmxas? Not ai- vays, according 10 some anc- ient beliefs once asuociated wiih te du. Take, for in- stance, te old belief taI caI- île and oter stable animais sere given te power of speech on Christmaus Bye. Axy petson seitaheard te animaIs speak would die wilh in a year, o superstition laid. Sombre amenas of deat sere read int sall other Ysle- tide legexds. 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