Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1937, Page 34

Nature’s Rudderfish (Palinurichthys perciformis). BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY. 70U may know this small fish by / the name of barrel fish, for it is said his figure reminds you of that object, though some say the name was given because so many of these fish have sought refuge in empty barrels to be found in the vicinity of floating spars. Once you have found the outstand- Ing field marks of any of Nature's children, you will thereafter have little difficulty in identifying them. ‘The general range of the rudder fish Is the Atlantic Coast of North America. It is most abundant south of Cape Cod. | Its color is a blackish green and = - | Winning Contract I who have developed a very smooth partnership. On the hand mven below, they won & clear top | acore by some daring bidding followed | by zood card reading by the son In the playv of the hand. East, dealer. Neither zide vulnerable. Mr. Jaenhson. Sr, 4A10952 BY THE FOUR ACES. Perfect Card Reading. HE latest Cavendish club dupli- cate was won by the Jacobsons, a father and son combination Mr. The bidding: Past, Sonth Pass 1e Pass 1 NT Pass 3 NT Pass Pass South’s opening bid of one diamond on A three-card suit headed by the Ace is quite common, and is often nsed when a hand is too strong to pass and too weak to call one no rump. When his father bid one spade over Wesi's heart over call, South de- crided one no trump would be pre- ferable to a raise in spades, even though he held four in that suit, The raise to two no trump was quite sound and might have passed, but the son decided to make the rather daring bid of three no trump. ‘When West doubled and opened the | ace. followed by the queen of hearts, South took stock of the situation. West’s double indicated a strong dia- mond holding in addition to his heart suit, and the important problem was to locate the queen of spades. South decided that the doubler was probably | short in spades and had marked his ! partner with a stopper, since the suit had not been supported or rebld.; Having won the second trick with the | king of hearts, declarer therefore | played over to dummy’s ace of spades | and finessed East for the queen. Hei then ran off all the spades, West be- 3 ing hopelessly squeezed. West threw | two diamonds, then a club, nnfl1 finally blanked his king of clubs as the only hope of defeating the con- | tract. However, declarer, who had | carefully noted the discards, now played the ace of clubs (dropping the | king), and finessed the ten to make | his doubled contract with an over- | trick. l The most unusual feature of rhe hand is that North and South can | Just about make two spades. (Copyright, 1937.) Tne Four Aces will be pleased to answer letters from readers if & stamped (3. self-addressed envelope_is incle w each communication. 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It is Children “The Avenus”e=7th, 8th end O $ta gt | As you can see, the top of the head is scaleless, but the body is well clothed with ‘small, rounded scales. The mouth is small, the nose blunt and rounded, and there are six to eight very short, detached spines at the be- ginning of the dorsal fin. There is always an abundance of food in the neighborhood where the rudder fishes make their home—young squid, mollusks, barnacles and small P S FAMOUS MAKES of D. (., FRIDAY, crustaceans. - They also like menha- den, scup, herring, mackerel and sil- verside babies (fish fry). On the outer cosst of Nova Scotia the rudder fish is common, and it is also on the southern coast of New England. Here they are found in float- ing barrels, boxes and gulfweed at times. These strays are easily caught with dip nets. Some rudder fish have even been JANUARY 1, 1937. seen following in the wake of or nm- ering about the slow-traveling boats. Some, indeed, even use such boats for “hitch-hiking” and are carried for long distances. As the rudder or barrel fish is very fond of barnacles, perhaps this was the reason for the long journey. . At present little or nothing is known of the family life of these small fish. They have little economie importance, and therefore do not rate a bulletin. | free from Any light you can throw upon them | which has will be very acceptable. (Copyright, 1937.) the menace of drought, caused much loss and suf- fering. 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