Caution can create congenial conclusion

Alvin Toffler, a writer about modern technologies who died in June, said, "It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution."

At the bridge table, that is usually right, but not always. Look at the auction in today's deal. What would you have done differently? What is the par result, the contract that gives the best-possible score to each side?

The final contract of two no-trump did not go well. After West unimaginatively led fourth-highest from his longest and strongest, South cashed out for down one, taking one spade, one diamond and five clubs.