Cleveland Whist Club

"[...] His only pastime was reading the papers and playing whist. He frequently won at this quiet game, so very appropriate to his nature[...]" Jules Verne in describing Phileas Fogg in Around the World in Eighty Days

If you are on lead, make your lead before writing anything down (after, of course you have visualized the 3 concealed hands). That way, declarer and partner can study dummy while you write down the contract and any other accounting and record keeping you feel necessary. Kathy Sulgrove